← 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 Sachs22 decades - 2
Götz von Berlichingen12 decades - 3
Johannes Aventinus0 decades - 4
Sebastian Franck19 decades - 5
Johannes Pfefferkorn7 decades - 6Elia Levita0 decades
- 7
Johann Fischart20 decades - 8
Rudolph Goclenius0 decades - 9
Ubbo Emmius0 decades - 10
Caspar Peucer0 decades - 11
Thomas Murner0 decades - 12
Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingennot measured- - 13
Paulus Hector Mair0 decades - 14
Paul Speratus21 decades - 15
Wilhelm Xylander1 decades - 16
Gregor Reisch0 decades - 17
Argula von Grumbach10 decades - 18Georg Wickram16 decades
- 19
Georg Fabricius22 decades - 20
Martin Crusius1 decades - 21
Jan Gruter0 decades - 22
David Chytraeus18 decades - 23
Helius Eobanus Hessus0 decades - 24
Elisabeth Cruciger0 decades - 25
Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt1 decades - 26Johann Gramann0 decades
- 27
Caritas Pirckheimer7 decades - 28
Caspar Creuzigernot measured- - 29
Johann Pistorius the Youngernot measured- - 30
Leunclavius10 decades - 31
Heinrich Bebel22 decades - 32Johann Wilhelm von Fürstenbergnot measured-
- 33Valens Acidalius0 decades
- 34
Lazarus Spengler21 decades - 35
Valerius Herberger15 decades - 36
Cyriacus Spangenberg19 decades - 37
Konrad Mutian16 decades - 38Karl von Miltitz11 decades
- 39
Veit Dietrich0 decades - 40
Martin Moller7 decades - 41
Ludwig Helmbold2 decades - 42
Prince Ferdinand of Bavarianot measured- - 43Heinrich von Stadennot measured-
- 44
Caspar Hedio12 decades - 45
Laurentius Surius0 decades - 46Johannes Murmellius0 decades
- 47
Froben Christoph von Zimmernnot measured- - 48
Jakob Ayrer20 decades - 49Catharine of Nassau-Dillenburgnot measured-
- 50Adam Reißner1 decades
- 51
Friedrich Dedekind1 decades - 52Thomas Kantzownot measured-
- 53
Sebastian Schertlin von Burtenbachnot measured- - 54Joachim Burmeisternot measured-
- 55
Ambrosius Lobwasser9 decades - 56
Petrus Lotichius Secundus0 decades - 57Lucas David14 decades
- 58
Hermann von Weinsbergnot measured- - 59Bartholomäus Ringwaldt1 decades
- 60Matthew Radernot measured-
- 61
Joos de Damhouder0 decades - 62Johann Albrecht Widmannstetternot measured-
- 63Lorenz Friesnot measured-
- 64
Kaspar Ulenbergnot measured- - 65
Petrus Albinusnot measured- - 66Adam von Bodensteinnot measured-
- 67
Konrad Hubertnot measured- - 68
Christoph Brouwernot measured- - 69
Neocorusnot measured- - 70
Reimar Kocknot measured- - 71
Aegidius Albertinus12 decades - 72Paul Hentznernot measured-
- 73Thomas Naogeorgusnot measured-
- 74Christoph Knollnot measured-
- 75
Matthaeus Dressernot measured- - 76Burkhard Waldisnot measured-
- 77
Johann Wolffnot measured- - 78
Andreas Angelusnot measured- - 79
Hermann von Brüggeneinot measured- - 80Franciscus Irenicusnot measured-
- 81Johannes Kolrosenot measured-
- 82Philip Lonicernot measured-
- 83Georg Thymnot 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.