← 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
Diego Velázquez20 decades - 2
Francisco de Zurbarán12 decades - 3
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo20 decades - 4
Jusepe de Ribera18 decades - 5
Alonso Cano22 decades - 6
Juan Carreño de Miranda16 decades - 7
Juan de Valdés Leal16 decades - 8
Antonio Palomino22 decades - 9
Josefa de Óbidosnot measured- - 10
Claudio Coello22 decades - 11
Luisa Roldán4 decades - 12
Juan Martínez Montañés15 decades - 13
Gregorio Fernández14 decades - 14
Juan de Pareja19 decades - 15
Pedro De Mena21 decades - 16
Antonio de Pereda17 decades - 17
Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo4 decades - 18
Francisco Herrera the Elder1 decades - 19
Jorge Manuel Theocupulus5 decades - 20
Francisco Rizi18 decades - 21
Juan van der Hamen1 decades - 22
Pedro Roldán14 decades - 23
Mateo Cerezo21 decades - 24
Juan de Zurbarán1 decades - 25
Luis Tristán13 decades - 26
Juan de Mesa22 decades - 27
Juan de Arellano20 decades - 28
José Antolínez6 decades - 29
Eugenio Caxés4 decades - 30
Jusepe Leonardo4 decades - 31
Pedro Orrente4 decades - 32
Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalantenot measured- - 33
Juan Rizinot measured- - 34
Juan Ribaltanot measured- - 35
Francisco Camilonot measured- - 36
Antonio del Castillo y Saavedranot measured- - 37
Pedro Atanasio Bocanegranot measured- - 38
Sebastián Herrera Barnuevonot measured- - 39
Jusepe Martíneznot measured- - 40
Jerónimo Jacinto de Espinosanot measured- - 41
Teodoro Ardemansnot measured- - 42
José de Moranot measured- - 43Maria de Abarca1 decades
- 44
Bartolomé Románnot measured- - 45
Juan de Alfaro y Gameznot measured- - 46
Bartolomé Péreznot measured- - 47Martín de Andújar Cantosnot measured-
- 48
Ignacio de Iriartenot measured- - 49
Pedro de Camprobinnot measured- - 50
Andrés Amayanot measured- - 51
Cristóbal Hernández de Quintananot measured- - 52
Juan Fernández el Labradornot measured- - 53
Francisco Barreranot measured- - 54
Antonio Arias Fernándeznot measured- - 55
Benito Manuel Agüeronot measured- - 56
Cornelis Schut IIInot measured- - 57Alonso del Arconot measured-
- 58Pedro Núñez del Vallenot measured-
- 59
Lucas de Valdésnot measured- - 60
Juan Simón Gutiérreznot measured- - 61
Antonio de Puganot measured- - 62Antonio Poncenot measured-
- 63
Juan Martín Cabezaleronot measured- - 64
Felipe Ramíreznot measured- - 65
José Jiménez Donosonot measured- - 66
Pablo González Velázqueznot measured- - 67
Francisco Antolíneznot measured- - 68
Juana Pacheconot measured- - 69Pedro de las Cuevasnot measured-
- 70
Juan Bautista de Espinosanot measured- - 71Agustín Leonardonot measured-
- 72Francisco Lopez Caronot measured-
- 73Agustín del Castillonot measured-
- 74
Francisco Pérez Sierranot measured- - 75Luisa de Moralesnot measured-
- 76
Francisco de Artiganot 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.