← 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
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain0 decades - 2
Isabella Clara Eugenia5 decades - 3
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivaresnot measured- - 4
Rafael Casanova11 decades - 5
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria22 decades - 6
Luisa de Guzmánnot measured- - 7
Giulio Alberoni0 decades - 8
Juan Manuel María de la Aurora, 8th duke of Escalona6 decades - 9
Luis Méndez de Haronot measured- - 10
Juan Everardo Nithard4 decades - 11
Gaspar de Borja y Velasco9 decades - 12
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarreronot measured- - 13
Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osunanot measured- - 14
Juan de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Montesclarosnot measured- - 15
Baltasar de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Ariónnot measured- - 16
Nicolás Antonio22 decades - 17
Alexander von Bournonville0 decades - 18
Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste10 decades - 19
Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro, 10th Count of Lemos1 decades - 20
Franz von Dietrichsteinnot measured- - 21
José de Grimaldo5 decades - 22
Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea, 9th duke of Villahermosanot measured- - 23
Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera10 decades - 24
Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Ferianot measured- - 25
Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdobanot 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.