← 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
Heinrich Bullinger22 decades - 2
Aegidius Tschudi0 decades - 3
Heinrich Glarean5 decades - 4
Niklaus Manuel18 decades - 5
Johannes Oporinus0 decades - 6
Thomas Platter the Eldernot measured- - 7
Johann Stumpf0 decades - 8
Josias Simmler14 decades - 9
Basilius Amerbach13 decades - 10
Rudolf Gwalthernot measured- - 11
Jos Murernot measured- - 12Durich Chiampellnot measured-
- 13
Valerius Anshelmnot measured- - 14
Petrus Dasypodiusnot measured- - 15Jachiam Tütschett Bifrunnot measured-
- 16Simon Lemniusnot measured-
- 17Pamphilus Gengenbachnot 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.