← 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.
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Suleiman the Magnificent11 decades - 2
Pargalı Ibrahim Pashanot measured- - 3
Şehzade Mustafa0 decades - 4
Hafsa Sultan0 decades - 5
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha0 decades - 6
Rüstem Pasha0 decades - 7
Lala Kara Mustafa Paşanot measured- - 8
Lutfi Pasha0 decades - 9
Sinan the Great0 decades - 10
Ayas Mehmed Paşanot measured- - 11
Gracia Mendes Nasi0 decades - 12
Hadım Süleyman Paşanot measured- - 13Malkoçoğlu Bâlî Beynot measured-
- 14Semiz Ali Paşa0 decades
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Gazi Husrev-beg0 decades - 16
Şehzade Ahmednot measured- - 17
Şehzade Korkutnot measured- - 18
Piyale Pasha0 decades - 19
Damat Ibrahim Pasha0 decades - 20
Kuyucu Murad Paşanot measured- - 21Hain Ahmed Pashanot measured-
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Dukakinzade Ahmed Pashanot measured- - 23
Kara Mehmed Paşanot measured- - 24Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Paşanot measured-
- 25Nasuh Paşanot measured-
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Özdemiroğlu Osman Pashanot measured- - 27Kanijeli Siyavuş Paşanot measured-
- 28Üveys Pashanot measured-
- 29Hafız Ahmed Paşanot measured-
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Ferhad Paşanot measured- - 31Yemişçi Hasan Paşanot measured-
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Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlunot measured- - 33
Lodovico Gritti0 decades - 34Şah Sultan0 decades
- 35Yavuz Ali Paşanot measured-
- 36Ohrili Hüseyin Pashanot measured-
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Ferhad Pasha Sokolovićnot measured- - 38Hadım Hasan Pashanot measured-
- 39Bayram Paşanot measured-
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Güzelce Ali Pashanot measured- - 41
Koca Mustafa Paşa0 decades - 42Semiz Ahmed Pashanot measured-
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Hadim Mesih Pashanot measured- - 44Dilaver Paşanot measured-
- 45Telli Hasan Pashanot measured-
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Janbirdi al-Ghazali0 decades - 47Mere Hüseyin Paşanot measured-
- 48Çerkes Mehmed Paşanot measured-
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Gürcü Mehmed Pashanot measured- - 50Gürcü Hadım Mehmed Paşanot measured-
- 51İskender Çelebinot measured-
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Ali Bey, Prince of Dulkadirnot measured- - 53Deli Husrev Pashanot measured-
- 54Güzelce Kasım Paşanot measured-
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Hüseyin Pasha Boljanićnot measured- - 56Ridwan Pashanot measured-
- 57Kara Mustafa Paşanot measured-
- 58Davud Pashanot 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.