← Fame through time1590-1599
The 1590s
Whose working lives fell in the 1590s. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1590s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
William Shakespeare22 decades - 2
Galileo Galilei22 decades - 3
Christopher Marlowe22 decades - 4
Elizabeth Báthory0 decades - 5
Lope de Vega22 decades - 6
Francis Bacon22 decades - 7
Feodor I of Russianot measured- - 8
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 9
Nurhaci4 decades - 10
Anne Hathaway21 decades - 11
Luis de Góngora22 decades - 12
Aloysius Gonzaga22 decades - 13
Wanli Emperor0 decades - 14
Guru Arjan6 decades - 15
Yasuke1 decades - 16
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tillynot measured- - 17
Annibale Carracci22 decades - 18
Michael the Brave2 decades - 19
John Dowland13 decades - 20
Ishida Mitsunari0 decades - 21
Beatrice Cenci22 decades - 22
Gabrielle d'Estrées22 decades - 23
Pieter Brueghel the Younger0 decades - 24
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria22 decades - 25
Ahmad Sirhindi1 decades - 26
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoynot measured- - 27
François de Malherbe18 decades - 28
William Adams22 decades - 29
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisburynot measured- - 30
Jacobus Arminius0 decades - 31
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully22 decades - 32
Joseph Calasanz21 decades - 33
George Chapman22 decades - 34
Naresuan3 decades - 35
Edward Kelley3 decades - 36
Thomas Kyd16 decades - 37
Orazio Gentileschi17 decades - 38Giovanni Gabrieli17 decades
- 39
Ishikawa Goemon0 decades - 40
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrownot measured- - 41
Thomas Harriot7 decades - 42
Carlo Maderno22 decades - 43
Katō Kiyomasa0 decades - 44
Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria0 decades - 45
John Harington22 decades - 46
Federico Borromeo22 decades - 47
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck0 decades - 48
Agostino Carracci22 decades - 49
Lawrence of Brindisi22 decades - 50
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khananot measured- - 51
Dmitry of Uglich0 decades - 52
Thomas Cavendish14 decades - 53
Hamnet Shakespeare0 decades - 54
Xu Guangqi8 decades - 55
Jacopo Peri22 decades - 56
Anne of Austria, Queen of Polandnot measured- - 57
Catherine de Bourbon22 decades - 58
Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain0 decades - 59
Konishi Yukinaga0 decades - 60
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundelnot measured- - 61
Henry II, Duke of Lorraine5 decades - 62
Stephen Bocskai0 decades - 63
Dong Qichang4 decades - 64
Thomas Morley22 decades - 65
Ludovico Carracci14 decades - 66
Hosokawa Gracia0 decades - 67
Mary Sidney13 decades - 68
Francisco Pacheco22 decades - 69
Cornelis de Houtman0 decades - 70
Hans Leo Hassler12 decades - 71
Paulo Mikinot measured- - 72
John Bull22 decades - 73
Henry Briggs17 decades - 74
Christian I, Elector of Saxonynot measured- - 75
Jodocus Hondius Inot measured- - 76
Cornelis van Haarlem0 decades - 77
Vincenzo Gonzaganot measured- - 78
Isaac Casaubon18 decades
- 79
Sophia Brahe0 decades - 80
Michael Drayton22 decades - 81
Johannes Althusius14 decades - 82
Ii Naomasa0 decades - 83
Irina Godunova0 decades - 84
Sanctorius17 decades - 85
Anton Praetorius0 decades - 86
Ōtani Yoshitsugunot measured- - 87
Hosokawa Tadaoki0 decades - 88
Uesugi Kagekatsu0 decades - 89Ivan Moskvitinnot measured-
- 90
Isabella Andreini22 decades - 91
Fukushima Masanori0 decades - 92
Jan Joosten van Lodensteijnnot measured- - 93
Toyotomi Hidetsugu0 decades - 94
Louise de Coligny21 decades - 95
Johann Arndt21 decades - 96
Frederick I, Duke of Württembergnot measured- - 97
Lancelot Andrewes17 decades - 98Mohammed Qacim Ferichtanot measured-
- 99
Pedro Páez12 decades - 100
John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Bergnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.