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
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Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain1584–1611 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians0 decades - 2
Isabella Clara Eugenia1566–1633 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians5 decades - 3
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares1587–1645 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 4
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Rafael Casanova1660–1743 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians11 decades - 5
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria1609–1641 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians22 decades - 6
Luisa de Guzmán1613–1666 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 7
Giulio Alberoni1664–1752 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians0 decades - 8
Luis Méndez de Haro1598–1661 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 9
Juan Everardo Nithard1607–1681 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians4 decades - 10
Gaspar de Borja y Velasco1580–1645 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians9 decades - 11
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Juan Manuel María de la Aurora, 8th duke of Escalona1650–1725 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians6 decades - 12
Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna1574–1624 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 13
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero1635–1709 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 14
Baltasar de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Arión1658–1727 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 15
Alexander von Bournonville1616–1690 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians0 decades - 16
Juan de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Montesclaros1571–1628 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 17
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Franz von Dietrichstein1570–1636 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 18
Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro, 10th Count of Lemos1632–1672 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians1 decades - 19
Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste1610–1667 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians10 decades - 20
Nicolás Antonio1617–1684 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians22 decades - 21LDLaureano de Torres y Ayala1645–1722 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured—
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Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria1587–1634 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 23
Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra1636–1692 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 24
Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera1587–1660 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians10 decades - 25
Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Duke of Alba1568–1639 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 26
Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea, 9th duke of Villahermosa1634–1692 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 27
Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba1640–1716 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 28
Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Mancera1622–1715 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 29
José de Grimaldo1664–1733 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians5 decades - 30
Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata1626–1691 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians13 decades - 31
Pedro Antonio de Aragón1611–1690 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 32
Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón1589–1647 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 33
Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza1580–1634 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 34
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Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz1571–1646 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 35
Gaspar de la Cerda, 8th Count of Galve1653–1697 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 36
Diego Felipez de Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Leganés1580–1655 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 37
Juan Francisco de la Cerda, 8th Duke of Medinaceli1637–1691 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 38
Juan de Leyva de la Cerda, conde de Baños1604–1678 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 39
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Jorge de Villalonga1664–1740 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politicians11 decades - 40
Juan Tomás Enríquez de Cabrera1646–1705 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 41
Diego de Benavides1607–1666 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 42
Rodrigo Ponce de León y Álvarez de Toledo1602–1658 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 43
Fernando Afán de Ribera, duke of Alcalá de los Gazules1583–1637 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 44
Alberto Octavio Tserclaes de Tilly1646–1715 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 45
Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna1625–1694 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 46SDSantiago de Veraborn 1600 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured—
- 47JDJosé de Garro1623–1702 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured—
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Baltasar de la Cueva, Count of Castellar1627–1686 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 49
Francisco Ruiz de Castro1579–1637 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 50
Francesco Maria Carafa1580–1642 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 51
Alfonso Pérez de Vivero, Count of Fuensaldaña1603–1661 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 52
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Antonio Sancho Dávila de Toledo y Colonna1590–1666 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 53
Diego Ronquilloborn 1600 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 54
Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquis of Carpio1629–1687 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 55AIAntonio Ibáñez de la Riva Herrera1633–1710 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured—
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Martín de Mujica y Buitrón1600–1649 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 57GMGabriel Milan1631–1689 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured—
- 58DNDiego Núñez de Avendaño1600–1606 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured—
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Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León1635–1705 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 60
Lope de Ulloa y Lemos1572–1620 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 61MNMiguel Núñez de Sanabria1645–1729 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured—
- 62BDBernardo de Iturriaza1608–1678 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured—
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Fernando de Andrade e Sotomayor1570–1655 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 64
Joseph Bergaigne1588–1647 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 65
Alonso de Idiáquez de Butrón y Múgica1565–1618 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot measured— - 66
Francisco de Álava y Nureña1567–1700 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Politiciansnot 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.