← 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
Hannibal Sehested0 decades - 3
John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plönnot measured- - 4
Peder Griffenfeld0 decades - 5
Ove Gjedde0 decades - 6
Hans von Schack0 decades - 7
Conrad von Reventlownot measured- - 8
Christoffer Gabel0 decades - 9
Friedrich von Alefeld1 decades - 10
Hans Nansennot measured- - 11
Woldemar von Löwendalnot measured- - 12
Hans Ulrik Gyldenløvenot measured- - 13
Ulrik Adolf Holsteinnot measured- - 14
Frederik Kragnot measured- - 15Jákup Jógvanssonnot measured-
- 16Peder Juelnot 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.