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← 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. 1Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2Francis Xavier1506-1552 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  3. 3Francisco Suárez1548-1617 · Spain · Religious Figures14 decades
  4. 4Ruy López de Segura1530-1580 · Spain · Religious Figures0 decades
  5. 5John of Ávila1499-1569 · Spain · Religious Figures19 decades
  6. 6Joseph of Anchieta1534-1597 · Spain · Religious Figures13 decades
  7. 7Diego de Landa1524-1579 · Spain · Religious Figures19 decades
  8. 8Juan de Zumárraga1468-1548 · Spain · Religious Figures21 decades
  9. 9Diego Laynez1512-1565 · Spain · Religious Figures17 decades
  10. 10Tomás de Berlanga1487-1551 · Spain · Religious Figures17 decades
  11. 11Fernando Niño de Guevara1541-1609 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  12. 12Claudio Acquaviva1543-1615 · Spain · Religious Figures21 decades
  13. 13Juan Pardo de Tavera1472-1545 · Spain · Religious Figures0 decades
  14. 14Juan Bautista Rico1561-1613 · Spain · Religious Figures12 decades
  15. 15Giovanni Borgia1498-1550 · Spain · Religious Figures3 decades
  16. 16Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas1546-1618 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  17. 17Francisco Marroquín1499-1563 · Spain · Religious Figures14 decades
  18. 18García Guerra1545-1612 · Spain · Religious Figures19 decades
  19. 19García de Loaysa1478-1546 · Spain · Religious Figures0 decades
  20. 20Diego de Espinosa1502-1572 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  21. 21Alonso Manrique de Lara1471-1538 · Spain · Religious Figures1 decades
  22. 22Antonio Agustín y Albanell1517-1586 · Spain · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga1498-1535 · Spain · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela1512-1594 · Spain · Religious Figures0 decades
  25. 25Juan Álvarez de Toledo1488-1557 · Spain · Religious Figures1 decades
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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.