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1600–1699

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1Hishikawa MoronobuHishikawa Moronobu1618–1694 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artists0 decades
  2. 2OKOgata Kōrin1658–1716 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artists0 decades
  3. 3TSTawara Sōtatsu1570–1643 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  4. 4OKOgata Kenzan1663–1743 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artists0 decades
  5. 5Kanō Tan'yūKanō Tan'yū1602–1674 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  6. 6Iwasa MatabēIwasa Matabē1578–1650 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  7. 7Konoe NobutadaKonoe Nobutada1565–1614 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artists0 decades
  8. 8Hanabusa ItchōHanabusa Itchō1652–1724 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  9. 9Torii KiyonobuTorii Kiyonobu1664–1729 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artists0 decades
  10. 10EnkūEnkū1632–1695 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  11. 11Tosa MitsuokiTosa Mitsuoki1617–1691 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artists0 decades
  12. 12Hidari JingorōHidari Jingorō1584–1645 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  13. 13Kanō SansetsuKanō Sansetsu1589–1651 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  14. 14Kanō TakanobuKanō Takanobu1571–1618 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  15. 15Kanō YasunobuKanō Yasunobu1614–1685 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  16. 16Kanō NaonobuKanō Naonobu1607–1650 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  17. 17Ono OtsūOno Otsū1568–1631 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  18. 18Kanō TsunenobuKanō Tsunenobu1636–1713 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  19. 19Shōkadō ShōjōShōkadō Shōjō1584–1639 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  20. 20Kusumi MorikageKusumi Morikage1620–1690 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  21. 21Kanō EinōKanō Einō1631–1697 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  22. 22Kanō NaganobuKanō Naganobu1577–1654 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  23. 23Yoshida HanbeiYoshida Hanbei1650–1710 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—
  24. 24Kaigetsudō AnchiKaigetsudō Anchi1650–1716 · 🇯🇵 Japan · Artistsnot measured—

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.