← 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
Louis XIV of France22 decades - 2
Prince Eugene of Savoy22 decades - 3
Samuel de Champlain17 decades - 4
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Sallenot measured- - 5
Gaston, Duke of Orléans17 decades - 6
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turennenot measured- - 7
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine2 decades - 8
Jacques Marquette9 decades - 9
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac0 decades - 10
Louise de Keroual, Duchess of Portsmouthnot measured- - 11
Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Duchess of Fontangesnot measured- - 12
César, Duke of Vendôme22 decades - 13
Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier0 decades - 14
Philippe of Lorraine0 decades - 15
Nicholas Francis0 decades - 16
Étienne Brûlé0 decades - 17
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferratnot measured- - 18
Charles of Lorraine, duke of Guisenot measured- - 19
Antonio I, Prince of Monaco0 decades - 20
Anne Henriette of Bavaria21 decades - 21
Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans0 decades - 22
Louis Hennepin10 decades - 23
Louis Armand I, Prince de Continot measured- - 24
Henry II of Lorraine, Duke of Guisenot measured- - 25
Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorrainenot 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.