← 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
Philip IV of Spain20 decades - 2
Maria Theresa of Spain22 decades - 3
Antonio19 decades - 4Luís Vaz de Torres2 decades
- 5Gabriel de Castilla19 decades
- 6
Isabel Barreto16 decades - 7
José Sarmiento de Valladares, 1st Duke of Atrisco0 decades - 8Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña15 decades
- 9
Tomás de la Cerda, 3rd Marquis of la Lagunanot measured- - 10
Manuel de Moura, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigonot measured-
- 11
Pedro Manuel Colón de Portugalnot measured- - 12
Alonso de Leónnot measured- - 13
Juan de Ugartenot measured- - 14Martín de Argüellesnot measured-
- 15
Eleonora de Mouranot measured- - 16
Diego Ramírez de Arellanonot measured- - 17Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Riberanot measured-
- 18Francisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovarnot measured-
- 19
Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabreranot measured- - 20Pedro Porter Casanatenot measured-
- 21Bartolomé García de Nodalnot measured-
- 22
Pedro Cuberonot measured- - 23Manuel de los Cobos, 4th Marquis of Camarasanot measured-
- 24Hernando de Alvaradonot measured-
- 25
Fernando Fajardo y Álvarez de Toledonot 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.