← 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
Tycho Brahe22 decades
- 2
Charles IX of Sweden0 decades - 3
Gustav I of Sweden0 decades - 4
John III of Swedennot measured- - 5
Mikael Agricola1 decades - 6
Eric XIV of Sweden0 decades - 7Olaus Magnus22 decades
- 8
Karin Månsdotter0 decades - 9
Sten Sture the Younger0 decades - 10
Margaret Leijonhufvudnot measured- - 11
Princess Cecilia of Sweden0 decades - 12
Christina Gyllenstierna0 decades - 13
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg0 decades - 14
Olaus Petri6 decades - 15
Catherine Stenbock0 decades - 16
Gustav Trolle0 decades - 17
Gunilla Bielke0 decades - 18
Johannes Magnus0 decades - 19
Catherine Vasa of Swedennot measured- - 20
Princess Elizabeth of Swedennot measured-
- 21
Pontus De la Gardie1 decades - 22
Nils Dacke0 decades - 23
Klaus Fleming0 decades - 24
Laurentius Petri1 decades - 25
Princess Sophia of Sweden0 decades
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.