← 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
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kasselnot measured- - 2
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg0 decades - 3
Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmarknot measured-
- 4
August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck0 decades - 5
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 6
Augusta of Denmark0 decades - 7
Elizabeth Juliana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborgnot measured- - 8
Sophia of Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 9
Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg0 decades
- 10Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburgnot measured-
- 11
Prince Christian of Denmark1 decades - 12Johann Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg16 decades
- 13Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ærønot measured-
- 14Christian Adolph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg0 decades
- 15Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorpnot measured-
- 16
John, Prince of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 17
Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburgnot measured- - 18
Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgnot measured- - 19
Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburgnot measured- - 20John Adolph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg0 decades
- 21
Anna Sabine af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborgnot measured- - 22Dorothea Louise von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburgnot 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.