← 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
Sten Sture the Younger0 decades - 2
Princess Cecilia of Sweden0 decades - 3
Christina Gyllenstierna0 decades - 4
Gustav Trolle0 decades - 5
Pontus De la Gardie1 decades - 6
Klaus Fleming0 decades - 7
Erik Johansson Vasa0 decades - 8
Anna of Swedennot measured- - 9
Per Brahe the Elder0 decades - 10
Jöran Persson0 decades
- 11Laurentius Andreae0 decades
- 12
Gustaf Banérnot measured- - 13
Erik Sparrenot measured- - 14
Karl Henriksson (Horn)not measured- - 15
Magnus Brahenot measured-
- 16
Henrik Klasson Hornnot measured- - 17Clas Åkesson Tottnot measured-
- 18Sten Eriksson Leijonhufvudnot measured-
- 19Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstiernanot measured-
- 20
Lars Ivarsson Flemingnot measured- - 21Johan Axelsson Bielkenot 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.