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← 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. 1Fidelis of Sigmaringen1577-1622 · Germany · Religious Figures7 decades
  2. 2Maximilian Henry of Bavaria1621-1688 · Germany · Religious Figures2 decades
  3. 3Lothair Francis of Schönborn1655-1729 · Germany · Religious Figures13 decades
  4. 4Johann Philipp von Schönborn1605-1673 · Germany · Religious Figures20 decades
  5. 5Christian William of Brandenburg1587-1665 · Germany · Religious Figures12 decades
  6. 6Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt1616-1682 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  7. 7Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg1593-1661 · Germany · Religious Figures8 decades
  8. 8Louis Anton of Pfalz-Neuburg1660-1694 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  9. 9Alexander Sigismund von der Pfalz-Neuburg1663-1737 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  10. 10John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp1579-1634 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  11. 11Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg1658-1740 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  12. 12Marquard Sebastian Schenk of Stauffenberg1644-1693 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Eitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen1582-1625 · Germany · Religious Figures2 decades
  14. 14Bernard Gustav of Baden-Durlach1631-1677 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt1582-1647 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16Philipp Jeningen1642-1704 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17John George II Fuchs von Dornheim1586-1633 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Anselm Franz von Ingelheim1634-1695 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid1617-1675 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Johann Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths1652-1719 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21Georg Friedrich von Greiffenklau1573-1629 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg1645-1698 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Francis of Hatzfeld1596-1642 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Philip Sigismund of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel1568-1623 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen1575-1622 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  26. 26Peter Philip of Dernbach1619-1683 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  27. 27Wilderich von Walderdorff1617-1680 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  28. 28Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg1603-1653 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  29. 29Damian Hartard von der Leyen-Hohengeroldseck1624-1678 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  30. 30Aegidius Gelenius1595-1656 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  31. 31Sebastian von Rostock1607-1671 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  32. 32Franz Ferdinand von Rummel1642-1716 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  33. 33Johann Christoph von Freyberg-Allmendingen1616-1690 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  34. 34John Hugh of Orsbeck1634-1711 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  35. 35Philip Valentin of Rieneck1612-1672 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  36. 36Johannes Karl von und zu Franckenstein1610-1691 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  37. 37Johann Hartmann von Rosenbach1609-1675 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  38. 38Wenzeslaus von Thun und Hohenstein1629-1673 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  39. 39Georg Anton von Rodenstein1579-1652 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  40. 40Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau1638-1684 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  41. 41Hugo Eberhard Kratz von Scharfenstein1591-1663 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  42. 42Hartger Henot1571-1637 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot 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.