← 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
Hans Leo Hassler12 decades - 2
Barbara Blomberg13 decades - 3
Philipp Nicolai18 decades - 4Johann Walter20 decades
- 5
Johann Cochlaeus12 decades - 6
Johannes Eccard4 decades - 7
Sethus Calvisius12 decades - 8Leonhard Lechner8 decades
- 9
Hans Neusidler0 decades - 10
Nikolaus Herman4 decades - 11
Sebastian Virdung0 decades - 12
Leonhard Thurneysser7 decades - 13Hieronymus Praetorius6 decades
- 14
Hans Buchner14 decades - 15
Georg Rhau14 decades - 16Heinrich Faber9 decades
- 17
Hermann Finck0 decades - 18
Sebald Heyden0 decades - 19Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogennot measured-
- 20
Lucas Osiander the Eldernot measured- - 21
Paulus Melissus5 decades - 22
Adam Gumpeltzhaimer0 decades - 23
Caspar Othmayr2 decades - 24Johannes Nucius0 decades
- 25Joachim a Burck0 decades
- 26Matthias Greitternot measured-
- 27Lazarus Erckernot measured-
- 28Jacob Praetorius the Eldernot measured-
- 29Wolfgang Dachsteinnot measured-
- 30Gallus Dresslernot measured-
- 31
Hans Gerlenot measured- - 32
Ottmar Lusciniusnot measured- - 33Kasper Hasslernot measured-
- 34
Sebastian Ochsenkhunnot measured- - 35Philippus Bachnot measured-
- 36Ferdinando di Lassonot 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.