← 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
Wenceslaus Hollar3 decades - 2
Philipp Jakob Spener15 decades - 3
Johann Heinrich Alsted0 decades - 4
Mark Sittich von Hohenemsnot measured- - 5
Simon Episcopius3 decades - 6
Martin Rinkart3 decades - 7
August Frederick of Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 8
David Hollatz0 decades - 9
Johannes Olearius0 decades - 10
Johann Conrad Dannhauernot measured- - 11
Conrad Vorstiusnot measured- - 12
Jacob von Sandrartnot measured- - 13
Johann Benedict Carpzov IInot measured- - 14
Johannes Crellius0 decades - 15
Johann Wilhelm Petersennot measured- - 16
Ludwig von Siegennot measured- - 17
Wolfgang Kiliannot measured- - 18
Lucas Kiliannot measured- - 19
Petrus van Mastrichtnot measured- - 20
Johann Friedrich Mayernot measured- - 21
Salomon Glassnot measured- - 22
Matthias Hoe von Hoeneggnot measured- - 23
Gerhard Wolter Molanusnot measured- - 24
Constantine L'Empereur van Oppycknot measured- - 25Samuel Crelliusnot 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.