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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Axel Oxenstierna1583–1654 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians20 decades - 2
Lennart Torstensson1603–1651 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades
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Carl Gustaf Wrangel1613–1676 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades
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Johan Banér1596–1641 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 5
Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg1584–1638 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 6
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Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp1573–1625 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 7
Gustav Horn, Count of Pori1592–1657 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 8
Jacob De la Gardie1583–1652 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades
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Per Brahe the Younger1602–1680 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 10
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie1622–1686 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 11
Arvid Horn1664–1742 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades
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Georg von Derfflinger1606–1695 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 13
Herman Wrangel1587–1643 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades
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Arvid Wittenberg1606–1657 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 15
Gustaf Otto Stenbock1614–1685 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 16
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Rutger von Ascheberg1621–1693 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 17
Carl Piper1647–1716 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 18
Carl Gyllenhielm1574–1650 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 19WAWolmar Anton von Schlippenbach1653–1721 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Johan Skytte1577–1645 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 21
Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge1611–1662 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians22 decades - 22
Lorentz Creutz1615–1676 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 23
Simon Grundel-Helmfelt1617–1677 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 24
Axel Julius De la Gardie1637–1710 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 25
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Hans Wachtmeister1641–1714 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 26
Otto Vellingk the Younger1649–1708 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 27
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt1619–1656 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 28
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna1586–1656 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 29
Fabian von Fersen1626–1677 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 30
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Nils Bielke1644–1716 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 31
Carl Nieroth1650–1712 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 32
Henrik Horn1618–1693 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politicians0 decades - 33
Johan Risingh1616–1672 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 34
Åke Henriksson Tott1598–1640 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 35
Gustav Evertsson Horn1614–1666 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Clas Tott1630–1674 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 37
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Erik Axelsson Oxenstierna1624–1656 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 38
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Carl Gustaf Dücker1663–1732 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 39
Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna1587–1640 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 40
Claes Rålamb1622–1698 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Johan August Meijerfeldt the Elder1664–1749 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 42
Axel Lillie1603–1662 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 43
Christopher Delphicus zu Dohna1628–1668 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 44
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Anders Torstenson1641–1686 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 45
Lars Kagg1595–1661 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 46
Johan Adler Salvius1590–1652 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 47
Reinhold Johan von Fersen1646–1716 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 48
Peder Gustafsson Banér1588–1644 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 49
Herman Claesson Fleming1619–1673 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 50
Gustaf Bonde1620–1667 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 51
Bengt Skytte1614–1683 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 52
Jacob Johan Hastfer1647–1695 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 53
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Nils Gyldenstolpe1642–1709 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 54ACAbraham Cronhjort1634–1703 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Nils Gyllenstierna1648–1720 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 56
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Henrik Klasson Fleming1584–1650 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 57
Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edebydied 1622 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 58
Robert Lichton1631–1692 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Carl Gustaf Frölich1637–1714 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 60
Gustaf Adolf De la Gardie1647–1695 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 61
Mathias Palbitzki1623–1677 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 62
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Olof Hermelin1658–1709 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 63
Bengt Horn1623–1678 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured—
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Gustaf Adam Banér1624–1681 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 65
Svante Gustafsson Banér1583–1628 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 66
Jakob Gyllenborg1648–1701 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 67
Krister Klasson Horn af Åminne1622–1692 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Politiciansnot measured— - 68AGAxel Gustafsson Banér1594–1642 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · 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.