← Fame through time1500-1599
The 16th century
Whose working lives fell in the 16th century. 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 16th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Bernard Palissy22 decades - 2
Carolus Clusius0 decades - 3
Guillaume Rondelet18 decades - 4
Jean Fernel0 decades - 5
André Thévet0 decades - 6
Matthias de l'Obel0 decades - 7Jean Beguin0 decades
- 8
Jean Robin22 decades - 9
Jacques Daléchamps0 decades - 10
Jacques le Moyne2 decades - 11
Adam de Craponne0 decades - 12
Johannes Stadius0 decades - 13
Pierre Richer de Belleval0 decades - 14
Jean Ruel0 decades - 15Martin de Hoyarçabalnot measured-
- 16
Jean Rotznot measured- - 17Jean de Clamorgannot measured-
- 18Abel Foullonnot measured-
- 19Antoine Mizauldnot measured-
- 20Guillaume Brousconnot measured-
- 21Nicolas Desliensnot measured-
- 22Joseph Gaultier de la Vallettenot measured-
- 23Paulus Renealmusnot 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.