← Fame through time1600-1699
The 17th century
Whose working lives fell in the 17th 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 17th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Christian IV of Denmark1 decades - 2
Prince George, Duke of Cumberland22 decades - 3
Nicolas Steno2 decades - 4
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark0 decades
- 5
Ole Worm0 decades - 6
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kasselnot measured- - 7
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg0 decades - 8
Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmarknot measured-
- 9
Leonora Christina Ulfeldtnot measured- - 10
August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck0 decades - 11
Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburgnot measured- - 12
Nicolaus Bruhns0 decades - 13
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 14
Augusta of Denmark0 decades - 15
Kirsten Munk0 decades - 16
Niels Juel0 decades - 17
Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmarknot measured- - 18
Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløvenot measured- - 19
Thomas Kingo0 decades - 20
Elizabeth Juliana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborgnot measured- - 21
Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön0 decades - 22
Corfitz Ulfeldt0 decades - 23
Sophia of Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 24
Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 25
Hannibal Sehested0 decades
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.