← 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
Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløvenot measured- - 2
Thomas Kingo0 decades - 3
Corfitz Ulfeldt0 decades - 4
Just Juel0 decades - 5
Anders Arrebo0 decades - 6Christian Ulrik Gyldenløvenot measured-
- 7
Peder Hansen Resen0 decades - 8
Christiane Sehestednot measured- - 9Niels Aagaard0 decades
- 10
Anders Bordingnot measured- - 11Christen Aagaardnot measured-
- 12
Karen Brahenot measured- - 13Stephen Hansen Stephaniusnot measured-
- 14
Claus Daanot measured- - 15
Johannes Mollernot 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.