← 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
Madeleine Béjart20 decades - 2
Bernard de Montfaucon22 decades - 3
Abraham Bosse22 decades - 4
Armande Béjart18 decades - 5
Pierre Nicole22 decades - 6
Armand Jean Le Bouthillier Rancénot measured- - 7
Pierre de Bérulle21 decades - 8Isaac La Peyrère0 decades
- 9
Antoinette Bourignon20 decades - 10
Marquise-Thérèse de Gorla0 decades - 11
Jakob Abbadie2 decades - 12
Jean de Labadie6 decades - 13
Michel Baron9 decades - 14
Florent Carton Dancourtnot measured- - 15
Moses Amyraut2 decades - 16
Marie Champmeslé0 decades - 17
La Grange22 decades - 18
Catherine Leclerc du Rose3 decades - 19
Gérard Audran21 decades - 20
Tiberio Fiorilli1 decades - 21
Pierre Du Moulin19 decades - 22
Louis Cappel14 decades - 23
David Blondelnot measured- - 24
Johannes Polyandernot measured-
- 25
David-Augustin de Brueys0 decades - 26
François de Poillynot measured- - 27Philip of the Blessed Trinitynot measured-
- 28
Jacques Gaffarelnot measured- - 29
Benoît Audran the Eldernot measured- - 30Jean-Baptiste Cotelier0 decades
- 31
Jean Garniernot measured- - 32
Louis Laneaunot measured- - 33
Françoise Pitelnot measured- - 34Floridornot measured-
- 35
Brécourtnot measured- - 36
Montdorynot measured- - 37
Dominique Biancolellinot measured- - 38
Bellerochenot measured- - 39Balthasar Moncornetnot measured-
- 40
La Thorillièrenot measured- - 41
Isaac de Beausobrenot measured-
- 42
Mademoiselle La Grangenot measured- - 43
Ignace Cotolendinot measured- - 44
Amable de Bourzeysnot measured-
- 45
Pierre Daretnot measured- - 46Honoré Tournélynot measured-
- 47
Jules Mascaronnot measured- - 48Bellerosenot measured-
- 49
Gilles Rousseletnot measured- - 50François Lamynot measured-
- 51Marie Verniernot measured-
- 52
Marie-Thérèse Dancourtnot measured- - 53Guérin d'Estrichénot measured-
- 54Nicholas Abramnot measured-
- 55Rosimondnot measured-
- 56
Claude Pajonnot measured- - 57
Étienne Baudetnot measured- - 58
Charles Audrannot measured- - 59Nicolas Perraultnot measured-
- 60
Denis de Sainte-Marthenot measured- - 61Nicolas Pitaunot measured-
- 62
Jacques Bernardnot measured- - 63Nicolas Marynot measured-
- 64Jean Grancolasnot measured-
- 65Gabriel Le Brunnot 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.