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.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
- 1
Philip IV of Spain1605–1665 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figures20 decades - 2
Maria Theresa of Spain1638–1683 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figures22 decades - 3
Antonio1592–1650 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figures19 decades - 4LVLuís Vaz de Torresborn 1565 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figures2 decades
- 5
Isabel Barreto1567–1612 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figures16 decades - 6GDGabriel de Castilla1577–1620 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figures19 decades
- 7
José Sarmiento de Valladares, 1st Duke of Atrisco1643–1708 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figures0 decades - 8
Tomás de la Cerda, 3rd Marquis of la Laguna1638–1692 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 9
Manuel de Moura, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo1590–1651 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 10
Alonso de León1639–1691 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 11
Pedro Manuel Colón de Portugal1651–1710 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 12
Juan de Ugarte1662–1730 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 13
Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera1599–1647 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 14AÁAntonio Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Ribera1615–1690 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 15
Diego Ramírez de Arellano1565–1624 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 16
Eleonora de Moura1642–1706 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured— - 17FAFrancisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovar1649–1716 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 18PPPedro Porter Casanate1611–1662 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured—
- 19BGBartolomé García de Nodal1574–1622 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Historical Figuresnot 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.