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
Gaspar Sanz Celma1640–1710 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured— - 2PBPablo Bruna1611–1679 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians4 decades
- 3JHJuan Hidalgo de Polanco1614–1685 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians22 decades
- 4TDTomás de Torrejón y Velasco1644–1728 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians3 decades
- 5
Juan de Araujo1646–1712 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured— - 6
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla1590–1664 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured— - 7JPJoan Pau Pujol1570–1626 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians0 decades
- 8BDBartolomé de Selma y Salaverdeborn 1570 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 9SDSebastián Durón1660–1716 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 10
Pietro Cerone1566–1625 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians0 decades - 11
Carlos Patiño1600–1675 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured— - 12AMAntonio Martín y Coll1660–1734 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 13CGCristóbal Galán1625–1684 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 14JMJosé Marín1615–1699 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 15JAJuan Arañés1580–1649 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 16
Gabriel Díaz Bessón1590–1638 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured— - 17PRPedro Ruimonte1565–1627 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 18
Pablo Nassarre1650–1724 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured— - 19JDJosé de Vaquedano1642–1711 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 20DXDiego Xaraba1652–1716 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot 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.