← 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
Marc-Antoine Charpentier9 decades - 2
Marin Marais8 decades - 3
André Campra7 decades - 4
Michel Richard Delalande1 decades - 5Louis Couperin11 decades
- 6Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe0 decades
- 7Robert de Visée1 decades
- 8
Pierre Beauchamp1 decades - 9
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert0 decades - 10
André Félibien16 decades - 11
Michel Lambert19 decades - 12
Henri Du Mont5 decades - 13Jacques Champion de Chambonnières0 decades
- 14Nicolas Lebègue4 decades
- 15Pascal Collasse0 decades
- 16
Denis Gaultier3 decades - 17Antoine Boësset0 decades
- 18Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers1 decades
- 19
André Danican Philidornot measured- - 20Étienne Moulinié0 decades
- 21Ennemond Gaultier0 decades
- 22
Michele Mascitti0 decades - 23
Jean de Cambefort0 decades - 24Guillaume Bouzignac0 decades
- 25
Nicolas Bernier4 decades - 26Pierre Guédron2 decades
- 27
Claude-François Ménestrier2 decades - 28Jean-Louis Lullynot measured-
- 29
Gérard Edelinck13 decades - 30Jacques Boyvin0 decades
- 31Gabriel Bataille3 decades
- 32François Roberday1 decades
- 33
Nicolas Hotmannot measured- - 34
Louis-Guillaume Pécournot measured- - 35Jean-Baptiste Moreaunot measured-
- 36Nicolas Gigaultnot measured-
- 37
Jean-Baptiste Besardnot measured- - 38Pierre Robertnot measured-
- 39Gaspard Le Rouxnot measured-
- 40Jean Rousseaunot measured-
- 41
Jean-Nicolas Geoffroynot measured- - 42René Mesangeaunot measured-
- 43François du Faultnot measured-
- 44Nicolas Siretnot measured-
- 45
Charles Racquetnot measured- - 46
Pierre Dandrieunot measured- - 47
Jean-François Lalouettenot measured- - 48Étienne Louliénot measured-
- 49Jean-Baptiste Boëssetnot measured-
- 50Jacques Thomelinnot measured-
- 51Nicolas Métrunot measured-
- 52
Henri de Nesmondnot measured- - 53Guillaume de Baïfnot measured-
- 54
Gilles Julliennot measured- - 55André Maugarsnot measured-
- 56Guillaume Dumanoirnot measured-
- 57Nicolas Forménot measured-
- 58Jean-Baptiste Mathonot measured-
- 59Paul Damancenot measured-
- 60
Annibal Ganteznot measured- - 61
Artus Aux-Cousteauxnot measured- - 62
Philippe Goibautnot measured- - 63Mathieu Lanesnot measured-
- 64René Ouvrardnot measured-
- 65Jean-Baptiste Buternenot measured-
- 66
Guillaume Poitevinnot measured- - 67
Charles Couperinnot measured- - 68Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (the younger)not measured-
- 69François Couperin the eldernot measured-
- 70Joseph Campranot 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.