← 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
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg22 decades - 2
Frederick III of the Palatinatenot measured- - 3
Louis VI of the Palatinatenot measured- - 4
Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach0 decades - 5
Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlachnot measured- - 6
Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern17 decades - 7
Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Badennot measured- - 8
Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlachnot measured- - 9
Maria of Jevernot measured- - 10
Philip I, Margrave of Badennot measured- - 11
James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg22 decades - 12
Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Badennot measured- - 13
Mechthild of Bavaria0 decades - 14
Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrinnot measured- - 15Bernard IV, Margrave of Baden-Durlachnot measured-
- 16
Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenbergnot 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.