← 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
Balthasar Hubmaier16 decades - 2
Anton Praetorius0 decades - 3
Andreas Osiander20 decades - 4
Johann von Staupitz0 decades - 5
Melchior Hoffman19 decades - 6
George Spalatin0 decades - 7
Zacharias Ursinus10 decades - 8
Wolfgang Capito0 decades - 9
Nicolaus von Amsdorf0 decades - 10
Johannes Buxtorf0 decades - 11Bernhard Rothmann0 decades
- 12
Johannes Mathesius13 decades - 13
Urbanus Rhegius0 decades - 14Hans Denck13 decades
- 15
Paul Fagius9 decades - 16
George Cassander0 decades - 17Erasmus Alberus20 decades
- 18
Matthäus Zell4 decades - 19
Julius von Pflug0 decades - 20
Hans Glasernot measured- - 21
Hendrik van Zutphennot measured- - 22
Simon Grynaeus18 decades - 23Johann Crotus0 decades
- 24
Amandus Polanus von Polansdorfnot measured- - 25
Petrus Mosellanus0 decades - 26
Berchtold Haller20 decades - 27
Molanusnot measured- - 28
Erhard Schnepf18 decades - 29Gabriel Zwilling5 decades
- 30
Justus Menius20 decades - 31
Martin Behmnot measured- - 32
Caspar Aquila2 decades - 33
Hans Springinklee8 decades - 34Bartholomaeus Arnoldinot measured-
- 35Johannes Zwicknot measured-
- 36
Johann Pistorius the Eldernot measured- - 37
Nikolaus Gerbel6 decades - 38
Johann Habermannnot measured- - 39
Stephan Agricolanot measured- - 40
Joachim Mörlinnot measured- - 41
Georg Rörernot measured- - 42Martin Schalling the Youngernot measured-
- 43
Stephan Praetoriusnot measured- - 44
Andreas Althamernot measured- - 45Christoph von Stadionnot measured-
- 46
Ambrosius Moibanusnot measured- - 47
Antonín Brus z Mohelnicenot measured- - 48
Sibrandus Lubbertusnot measured- - 49
Friedrich Staphylusnot measured- - 50
Johann Pfeffingernot measured- - 51Veit Amerbachnot measured-
- 52
Nicolaus Gallusnot measured- - 53Caspar Cruciger the Youngernot measured-
- 54Krzysztof Ostorodtnot measured-
- 55Johann Glandorpnot measured-
- 56Valentin Krautwaldnot measured-
- 57
Johann Bugenhagennot measured- - 58Johannes Andreaenot 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.