← 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
Gaspar Sanz Celmanot measured- - 2Juan Hidalgo de Polanco22 decades
- 3Pablo Bruna4 decades
- 4Joan Pau Pujol0 decades
- 5Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco3 decades
- 6
Juan Gutiérrez de Padillanot measured- - 7
Juan de Araujonot measured- - 8Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverdenot measured-
- 9Sebastián Durónnot measured-
- 10
Carlos Patiñonot measured- - 11
Pietro Cerone0 decades - 12Antonio Martín y Collnot measured-
- 13José Marínnot measured-
- 14Cristóbal Galánnot measured-
- 15Juan Arañésnot measured-
- 16
Gabriel Díaz Bessónnot measured- - 17Pedro Ruimontenot measured-
- 18
Pablo Nassarrenot measured- - 19José de Vaquedanonot measured-
- 20Diego Xarabanot 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.