← 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
Francisco Quevedo22 decades - 2
Pedro Calderón de la Barca22 decades - 3
Baltasar Gracián14 decades - 4
Tirso de Molina22 decades - 5
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón15 decades - 6
María de Zayas22 decades - 7
Miguel de Molinos20 decades - 8
Luis Vélez de Guevara18 decades - 9
Diego de Saavedra Fajardo21 decades - 10
Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl12 decades - 11Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla17 decades
- 12
Bernardo de Balbuena22 decades - 13
Agustín Moreto y Cavana21 decades - 14Juan de Jáuregui22 decades
- 15
Alonso de Contreras19 decades - 16
Juan Perez de Montalban16 decades - 17Bernabé Cobo19 decades
- 18
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg22 decades - 19
Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra8 decades - 20
Rodrigo Caro22 decades - 21Ana Caro de Mallén0 decades
- 22
Diego López Pacheco, 7th Duke of Escalonanot measured- - 23
Francisco de Borja y Aragón13 decades - 24
Payo Enríquez de Rivera12 decades - 25
Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza0 decades - 26
Luis Antonio Belluga y Moncadanot measured- - 27Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana22 decades
- 28
Ursula Micaela Moratanot measured- - 29
Luis Pacheco de Narváez13 decades - 30
Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmarnot measured- - 31
Alonso de Ovalle18 decades - 32
Antonio Mira de Amescua18 decades - 33
Francisco de Moura, 3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigonot measured- - 34
Antonio Escobar y Mendoza0 decades - 35
Antonio de Zamora22 decades - 36
Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera9 decades - 37Ana Francisca Abarca de Bolea2 decades
- 38
Íñigo Melchor de Velasco, 7th Duke of Fríasnot measured- - 39
Hortensio Félix Paravicino18 decades - 40
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomarnot measured- - 41Miguel de Barrios19 decades
- 42
Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet0 decades - 43
Pedro Fajardo, 5th Marquis of Los Véleznot measured- - 44
Pedro Espinosanot measured- - 45Antonio del Giudicenot measured-
- 46
José Antonio de Gaztañetanot measured- - 47
Antón de Marirregueranot measured- - 48
Gaspar de Bracamonte, 3rd Count of Peñarandanot measured- - 49
Esteban Manuel de Villegas21 decades - 50Alonso de Castillo Solórzanonot measured-
- 51
Luis de Salazar y Castro22 decades - 52
Miguel Mañaranot measured- - 53
Sor Marcela de San Felixnot measured- - 54
Luis Francisco de la Cerdanot measured- - 55Gil Gonzalez de Ávilanot measured-
- 56Andrés de Claramontenot measured-
- 57
Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiganot measured- - 58
Gil de Albornoz y Espinosanot measured- - 59Diego López de Cogolludonot measured-
- 60
Bernardino de Rebolledonot measured- - 61
Antonio Enríquez Gómeznot measured- - 62
Juan de Ferreras y Garcianot measured- - 63
Francisco de Riojanot measured- - 64Luis Quiñones de Benaventenot measured-
- 65Francisco III Fernández de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerquenot measured-
- 66
Diego Ortiz de Zúñiganot measured- - 67Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillonot measured-
- 68Cristóbal Suárez de Figueroanot measured-
- 69Francisco Bances Candamonot measured-
- 70
Diego de Rosalesnot measured- - 71
Agustín de Rojas Villandrandonot measured- - 72Francisco Varonot measured-
- 73
Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 7th Count of Oñatenot measured- - 74
Lorenzo Ramírez de Pradonot measured- - 75Juan Núñez de la Peñanot measured-
- 76Gabriel Álvarez de Toledonot measured-
- 77Pedro Abarcanot measured-
- 78
Eleonora Ramirez de Montalvonot measured- - 79Antonio Coellonot measured-
- 80
Juan de Mendoza, Marquis de la Hinojosanot measured- - 81Antonio Hurtado de Mendozanot measured-
- 82
Ángela María de la Concepciónnot measured- - 83Juan de Zabaletanot measured-
- 84Diego Aduartenot measured-
- 85
Charles de Wattevillenot measured- - 86Andrés Pérez de Ribasnot measured-
- 87
José de Villaviciosanot measured- - 88
Francisco Gutiérrez de los Ríosnot measured- - 89Luis de Ulloanot measured-
- 90Cristóbal de Villalónnot measured-
- 91
Juan Vélez de Guevaranot measured- - 92
Rodrigo Méndez Silvanot measured- - 93Juan de Arguijonot measured-
- 94Gaspar Ibáñez de Segovianot measured-
- 95Juan Bautista Diamantenot measured-
- 96José Antonio González de Salasnot measured-
- 97Miguel Morenonot measured-
- 98Francisco Leivanot measured-
- 99Angel Manriquenot measured-
- 100Juan de la Salnot 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.