← 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.
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Peter Stuyvesant22 decades - 2
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Jan van Riebeeck7 decades - 3
Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassaunot measured- - 4
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen20 decades - 5
Jan Mourad Janszoonnot measured- - 6
Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau0 decades - 7
Anthony van Diemen0 decades - 8
Prince Hendrik Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietznot measured- - 9
William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietznot measured- - 10
Cornelis de Witt0 decades - 11
Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassaunot measured- - 12
Cornelis de Graeff0 decades - 13
Anthonie Heinsius0 decades - 14
Willem Kieft0 decades - 15
Abraham van Riebeeck0 decades - 16
Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck0 decades - 17
Andries de Graeff0 decades - 18
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietznot measured- - 19
Jacques Specx0 decades - 20
Rijckloff van Goens0 decades - 21
Pieter de Carpentier0 decades - 22
Gerard Reynst0 decades - 23
Maria van Riebeeck0 decades - 24
Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam0 decades - 25
Frans Banning Cocq0 decades
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.