← Fame through time1610-1619
The 1610s
Whose working lives fell in the 1610s. 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 1610s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Peter Paul Rubens22 decades - 2
Miyamoto Musashi2 decades - 3
Philip III of Spain19 decades - 4
Pocahontas22 decades
- 5
Marie de' Medici22 decades - 6
Ahmed I2 decades - 7
Francisco Quevedo22 decades - 8
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 9
Rose of Lima22 decades - 10
John Smith22 decades - 11
Vincent de Paul22 decades - 12
Hugo Grotius22 decades - 13
William Harvey22 decades - 14
Christian IV of Denmark1 decades - 15
Nur Jahan11 decades - 16
Albrecht von Wallenstein20 decades - 17
Jakob Böhme22 decades - 18
Martin de Porres14 decades - 19
Frans Halsnot measured- - 20
Nzingha Mbandenot measured- - 21
Guido Reni22 decades - 22
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain0 decades - 23
Tirso de Molina22 decades - 24
Dmitry Pozharsky19 decades - 25
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales0 decades - 26
Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassaunot measured- - 27
Axel Oxenstierna20 decades - 28John Webster22 decades
- 29Gwanghaegun of Joseonnot measured-
- 30
François Ravaillac12 decades - 31
Tokugawa Hidetada0 decades - 32
Toyotomi Hideyori0 decades - 33Halime Sultannot measured-
- 34
Peter Minuit16 decades - 35
Taichang Emperornot measured- - 36
James Ussher10 decades - 37
Sasaki Kojirōnot measured- - 38
Girolamo Frescobaldi17 decades - 39
Peter Claver19 decades - 40
Yonten Gyatso0 decades - 41
Jan Baptist van Helmont0 decades - 42
Gregorio Allegri16 decades - 43
Domenichino22 decades - 44
Orlando Gibbons20 decades - 45
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón15 decades - 46
John Fletcher22 decades - 47
Robert Burton22 decades - 48
Gabriel Bethlen0 decades - 49
Josaphat Kuntsevych0 decades - 50
Thomas Middleton22 decades - 51
François Leclerc du Tremblay0 decades - 52
Willebrord Snellius1 decades - 53
Yuan Chonghuan1 decades - 54
Ahmad Lahori0 decades - 55
George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenbergnot measured- - 56
Scipione Borghese1 decades - 57
False Dmitry II0 decades - 58
Anna of Tyrol0 decades - 59
Piet Pieterszoon Heinnot measured- - 60
Iskandar Muda1 decades - 61
Susanna Hall8 decades - 62
Giulio Cesare Vanini17 decades - 63
William Baffin5 decades - 64
Ernst von Mansfeld0 decades - 65
Zaccarias Janssennot measured- - 66
Köprülü Mehmed Paşa0 decades - 67
Marina Mniszech0 decades - 68
Charles d'Albert de Luynes20 decades - 69
Dirk Hartog8 decades - 70
John Pym22 decades - 71
Fede Galizia8 decades - 72
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg0 decades - 73
Frans Snyders0 decades - 74
Giovanni Lanfranco22 decades - 75
Arbella Stuartnot measured- - 76
Willem Schouten0 decades - 77
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peirescnot measured- - 78
Adam Elsheimer13 decades - 79
John Selden22 decades
- 80
Simeon Bekbulatovich0 decades - 81
Matthias Gallas0 decades - 82
Francesco Albani22 decades - 83
Massasoit22 decades - 84
Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg0 decades - 85
Bernardo Strozzi22 decades - 86
Agostino Tassi19 decades - 87
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferratnot measured- - 88
Francis Beaumont22 decades - 89
Fidelis of Sigmaringen7 decades - 90
Gabriel Báthory0 decades - 91
Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadtnot measured- - 92
Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg22 decades - 93
John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 94
Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachnyinot measured- - 95
John Ogilvie19 decades - 96
Jacob De la Gardie0 decades
- 97
Cristóvão Ferreiranot measured- - 98
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherburynot measured- - 99
Duchess Anna of Prussianot measured- - 100
Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans0 decades
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.