← 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
Axel Oxenstierna20 decades - 2
Lennart Torstensson0 decades
- 3
Carl Gustaf Wrangel0 decades
- 4
Johan Banér0 decades - 5
Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg0 decades - 6
Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 7
Jacob De la Gardie0 decades
- 8
Per Brahe the Younger0 decades - 9
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie0 decades - 10
Gustav Horn, Count of Pori0 decades - 11
Georg von Derfflinger0 decades - 12
Arvid Horn0 decades
- 13
Herman Wrangel0 decades
- 14
Arvid Wittenberg0 decades - 15Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbachnot measured-
- 16
Gustaf Otto Stenbock0 decades - 17
Carl Gyllenhielmnot measured- - 18
Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge22 decades - 19
Lorentz Creutz0 decades - 20
Rutger von Ascheberg0 decades - 21
Johan Skytte0 decades - 22
Carl Piper0 decades - 23
Simon Grundel-Helmfeltnot measured- - 24
Axel Julius De la Gardienot measured- - 25
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhauptnot 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.