← 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
Paracelsus22 decades - 2
Huldrych Zwingli9 decades - 3
Conrad Gessner1 decades - 4
Carlo Maderno22 decades - 5
Heinrich Bullinger22 decades - 6
Jost Bürgi0 decades - 7
Fausto Sozzini10 decades - 8Felix Manz0 decades
- 9
Gaspard Bauhin21 decades - 10
Ambrosius Holbein13 decades - 11
Conrad Grebel7 decades - 12
Thomas Erastus0 decades - 13
Aegidius Tschudi0 decades - 14
Heinrich Glarean5 decades - 15
Joachim Vadian19 decades - 16
Urs Graf seniornot measured- - 17
Pierre Viret22 decades - 18
Niklaus Manuel18 decades - 19
Matthäus Schiner0 decades - 20
Johann Bauhin0 decades - 21George Blaurock0 decades
- 22
Cristoforo Solari21 decades - 23
Felix Platter19 decades - 24
Hans Asper0 decades - 25
Theodor Zwinger0 decades - 26
Gerhard Dorn0 decades - 27
Leo Jud0 decades - 28
Konrad Pellikan0 decades - 29
Joseph Heintz the Elder0 decades - 30
Theodore Bibliander1 decades - 31
Tobias Stimmer19 decades - 32
Johannes Oporinus0 decades - 33
Bonifacius Amerbach18 decades - 34
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino0 decades - 35
Christoph Froschauer15 decades - 36
Jeanne of Hochbergnot measured- - 37
Kaspar von Silenen0 decades - 38
Johann Jakob Wick3 decades - 39
Thomas Platter the Eldernot measured- - 40Jakob Nufer0 decades
- 41
Johann Stumpf0 decades - 42Conrad Dasypodius0 decades
- 43
Hans Fries0 decades - 44
Ludwig Lavater0 decades - 45
Josias Simmler14 decades - 46Kaspar Röistnot measured-
- 47
Giovanni Battista di Quadronot measured- - 48Marie Colinetnot measured-
- 49
Ludwig Pfyffer0 decades - 50
Hieronymus Froben8 decades - 51
Heinrich Petrinot measured- - 52
Johannes Jacob Weckernot measured- - 53
Matteo Castellinot measured- - 54Johannes Aal1 decades
- 55
Anna Reinhartnot measured- - 56
Jakob Meyer zum Hasennot measured- - 57
Hans Leu the Youngernot measured- - 58
Basilius Amerbach13 decades - 59
Hans Giengnot measured- - 60
Rudolf Gwalthernot measured- - 61
Ludwig Haetzernot measured- - 62
Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartenseenot measured- - 63
Ambrosius Frobeniusnot measured- - 64
Hieronymus Schurffnot measured- - 65
Taddeo Carlonenot measured- - 66Christian Wurstisen8 decades
- 67
Benedictus Aretiusnot measured- - 68Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratinonot measured-
- 69
Jos Murernot measured- - 70Durich Chiampellnot measured-
- 71
Valerius Anshelmnot measured- - 72
Petrus Dasypodiusnot measured- - 73
Klaus Hottingernot measured- - 74Jachiam Tütschett Bifrunnot measured-
- 75
Josua Maalernot measured- - 76Fridolin Sichernot measured-
- 77
Hans Rudolf Manuelnot measured- - 78Felix Wirtz the Eldernot measured-
- 79Simon Lemniusnot measured-
- 80Gregorius Sickingernot measured-
- 81
Andreas Cratandernot measured- - 82Baldassare Magginot measured-
- 83Pamphilus Gengenbachnot measured-
- 84Urs Graf juniornot 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.