← 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
Johann Adam Reincken0 decades - 2
Jacob van Eyck0 decades - 3
Isaac Vossius11 decades - 4
Johannes Schenck0 decades - 5
Nicolas Vallet0 decades - 6Anthoni van Noordtnot measured-
- 7
Benedictus Bunsnot measured- - 8
Maria Duyst van Renswoudenot measured- - 9Pieter Bustijnnot measured-
- 10Hendrik Speuynot measured-
- 11David Petersennot measured-
- 12Dirk Janszoon Sweelincknot measured-
- 13
Johannes Colerusnot measured- - 14
Susanna Huygensnot measured- - 15Paulus Voetnot 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.