← 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- - 26
Jean Nicolet14 decades - 27
Jean du Cassenot measured- - 28
Claude Françoise de Lorrainenot measured- - 29
Pierre-Esprit Radisson2 decades - 30
Catherine Henriette de Bourbon0 decades - 31
Henri of Lorraine, Count of Harcourtnot measured- - 32
Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse3 decades - 33
Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjounot measured- - 34
Jean II d'Estréesnot measured- - 35
Louis of Lorraine, Count of Armagnacnot measured- - 36
Louis of Lorraine, duke of Joyeusenot measured- - 37
Antonia of Lorraine6 decades - 38
Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois0 decades - 39
François Caron13 decades - 40
Louis Joseph of Lorraine, Duke of Guise0 decades - 41
Charles II of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeufnot measured- - 42
Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayennenot measured- - 43
Princess Anne Élisabeth of France0 decades - 44
François Joseph of Lorraine, Duke of Guisenot measured- - 45
Béatrice Hiéronyme of Lorrainenot measured- - 46
Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoillenot measured- - 47
Marie de Bourbonnot measured- - 48
Charles Henri of Lorraine, Prince of Commercy0 decades - 49
Catherine of Guisenot measured- - 50
Louise de Bourbon22 decades - 51
Charles III of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeufnot measured- - 52
Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemartnot measured- - 53Paul Lucasnot measured-
- 54
Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Verneuilnot measured- - 55Louis I, Duke of Nemoursnot measured-
- 56François Marie of Lorraine, prince of Lillebonnenot measured-
- 57
Francis Gonzaga, Duke of Rethelnot measured- - 58
Nicolas Perrotnot measured- - 59
Henri of Lorraine, Count of Brionnenot measured- - 60François Louis of Lorraine, Count of Harcourtnot measured-
- 61
François d'Orléans-Longueville, duc de Fronsacnot measured- - 62
Marie Charlotte de la Trémoillenot measured- - 63
Robert Challe5 decades - 64Charles III, Prince of Guéménénot measured-
- 65
Charles of Lorraine, Count of Marsannot measured- - 66Henri of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeufnot measured-
- 67Ferdinand Gonzaganot measured-
- 68
Louis Charles d'Albert de Luynesnot measured- - 69Charles Albanelnot measured-
- 70
Charles Honoré d'Albert, duc de Luynesnot measured- - 71
Claude-Jean Alloueznot measured- - 72
Louise de Prie de La Mothe-Houdancourtnot measured- - 73Anne of Lorraine, duchess of Aumalenot measured-
- 74Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhutnot measured-
- 75
Claude d'Abbevillenot measured- - 76
Pierre Bouchernot measured- - 77
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguaynot measured- - 78
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonvillenot measured- - 79Philippe Avrilnot measured-
- 80
Paul de Beauvilliersnot measured- - 81Alphonse de Tontynot measured-
- 82Sieur Duboisnot measured-
- 83Jacques Gouin de Beauchênenot measured-
- 84Charles I Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourgnot measured-
- 85
Diane Gabrielle Damas de Thiangesnot measured- - 86Pierre-Charles Le Sueurnot measured-
- 87
Joseph de Montclarnot measured- - 88Charles Dellonnot measured-
- 89
Honoré d'Albertnot measured- - 90
Louis II de La Trémoille, duc de Noirmoutiernot measured- - 91Henri Joutelnot measured-
- 92
André Bruénot measured- - 93
Augustin de Beaulieunot measured- - 94
François Le Gouz, sieur de La Boullaye (1623-1667)not measured- - 95
Renée du Bec-Crespinnot measured- - 96François Martin de Vitrénot measured-
- 97Jean de la Roquenot measured-
- 98
François de Razillynot measured- - 99
Barthélemy Vimontnot measured- - 100Marie de Fleurynot 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.