← 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
Suleiman the Magnificent11 decades - 2
Selim I11 decades - 3
Selim II18 decades - 4
Murad III6 decades - 5
Hayreddin Barbarossanot measured- - 6
Mimar Sinan1 decades - 7
Pargalı Ibrahim Pashanot measured- - 8
Hurrem Sultan0 decades - 9
Nurbanu Sultan0 decades - 10
Şehzade Mustafa0 decades - 11
Mahidevran0 decades - 12
Piri Reis4 decades - 13
Hafsa Sultan0 decades - 14
Şehzade Bayezidnot measured- - 15
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha0 decades - 16
Rüstem Pasha0 decades - 17
Şehzade Mehmed0 decades - 18
Dragut18 decades - 19
Şehzade Cihangirnot measured- - 20
Isaac Luria6 decades - 21
Kılıç Ali Paşanot measured- - 22
Oruç Reis0 decades - 23
Lala Kara Mustafa Paşanot measured- - 24
Lutfi Pasha0 decades - 25
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo4 decades - 26
Gülfem Hatunnot measured- - 27
Sinan the Great0 decades - 28Ayşe Hümaşah Sultannot measured-
- 29
Pir Sultan Abdal0 decades - 30
Ismihan Sultan0 decades - 31
Ayas Mehmed Paşanot measured- - 32Şehzade Abdullahnot measured-
- 33Beyhan Sultan0 decades
- 34
Gracia Mendes Nasi0 decades - 35
Ebussu'ud Efendi0 decades - 36
Müezzinzade Ali Paşanot measured- - 37
Hadım Süleyman Paşanot measured- - 38Joseph Nasi17 decades
- 39
Safiye Sultan0 decades - 40
Mihrimah Sultan0 decades - 41Malkoçoğlu Bâlî Beynot measured-
- 42Semiz Ali Paşa0 decades
- 43Ayşe Hatunnot measured-
- 44
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital22 decades - 45
Matrakçı Nasuh0 decades - 46
Gazi Husrev-beg0 decades - 47
Şehzade Ahmednot measured- - 48
Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilīnot measured- - 49
Şehzade Korkutnot measured- - 50
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami0 decades - 51
Piyale Pasha0 decades - 52
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero19 decades - 53
Kemalpaşazade0 decades - 54
Sinan Pasha2 decades - 55
Hatice Sultan0 decades - 56
Damat Ibrahim Pasha0 decades - 57
Gül Baba0 decades - 58
Mehmed I Giraynot measured- - 59
Kuyucu Murad Paşanot measured- - 60Fülane Hatunnot measured-
- 61
Şeref Hannot measured- - 62
Fuzûlî0 decades - 63
Jeremias II of Constantinople0 decades - 64
Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Paşanot measured- - 65Murat Reis the Eldernot measured-
- 66
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz20 decades - 67Sedefkar Mehmed Ağanot measured-
- 68Seydi Ali Reis0 decades
- 69Hafize Sultannot measured-
- 70Hain Ahmed Pashanot measured-
- 71
Dukakinzade Ahmed Pashanot measured- - 72
Kara Mehmed Paşanot measured- - 73Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Paşanot measured-
- 74Nasuh Paşanot measured-
- 75
Nakkaş Osman0 decades - 76
Özdemiroğlu Osman Pashanot measured- - 77
Bakinot measured- - 78
Fatma Sultan0 decades - 79Kanijeli Siyavuş Paşanot measured-
- 80Üveys Pashanot measured-
- 81
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Mehmed II Giraynot measured- - 82Hafız Ahmed Paşanot measured-
- 83Hasan Pasha1 decades
- 84
Ferhad Paşanot measured- - 85Gevherhan Sultannot measured-
- 86Yemişçi Hasan Paşanot measured-
- 87
Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlunot measured- - 88
Yahya bey Dukagjininot measured- - 89
Hasan Agha0 decades - 90
Moshe Alshich22 decades - 91
Mehmed Siroconot measured- - 92
Lodovico Gritti0 decades - 93Salah Reis0 decades
- 94Şah Sultan0 decades
- 95Yavuz Ali Paşanot measured-
- 96
Imam Birgivi0 decades - 97
Makarije Sokolovićnot measured- - 98Ohrili Hüseyin Pashanot measured-
- 99
Ferhad Pasha Sokolovićnot measured- - 100Hadım Hasan 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.