← 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
Tomás Luis de Victoria14 decades - 2
Antonio de Cabezahueca12 decades - 3Luis de Narváez13 decades
- 4
Diego Ortiz22 decades - 5
Alonso Lobo11 decades - 6Miguel de Fuenllana12 decades
- 7Francisco de Peñalosa10 decades
- 8Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia2 decades
- 9
Francisco de Salinas0 decades - 10Hernando Franco7 decades
- 11Enríquez de Valderrábano1 decades
- 12Diego Pisador8 decades
- 13Bartomeu Càrceresnot measured-
- 14
Sebastián Raval0 decades - 15Francisco de la Torrenot measured-
- 16Tomás de Santa Maríanot measured-
- 17Bartolomé de Escobedonot measured-
- 18
Esteban Dazanot measured- - 19
Francisco Soto de Langanot measured- - 20Luis Venegas de Henestrosanot measured-
- 21Rodrigo de Ceballosnot measured-
- 22Pere Alberch Vilanot measured-
- 23
Hernando de Cabezónnot measured- - 24Michael Navarrusnot measured-
- 25Diego del Puertonot 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.