← 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
Johann Reinhold von Patkul0 decades - 2
Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck0 decades - 3
Johannes Bureus0 decades - 4
Georg Stiernhielm0 decades
- 5
Sofia Elisabet Webernot measured-
- 6
Evert Horn0 decades - 7
Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarcknot measured- - 8
Johannes Messenius0 decades - 9
Lucidor10 decades - 10
Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeldnot measured- - 11Arnold Johan Messenius0 decades
- 12
Virgilio Malvezzi20 decades - 13
Agneta Hornnot measured- - 14
Johan Oxenstiernanot measured- - 15
Paul Wirtz0 decades - 16Peter Petreiusnot measured-
- 17
Bengt Gottfried Forselius0 decades - 18Lars Wivallius0 decades
- 19
Anna Åkerhjelmnot measured- - 20
Olaus Vereliusnot measured- - 21
Gunno Dahlstierna0 decades - 22
Bengt Oxenstiernanot measured- - 23
Nils Turesson Bielkenot measured-
- 24Catharina Stopianot measured-
- 25
Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forthnot measured- - 26
Philip von Krusenstiernnot measured- - 27
Johanna Eleonora De la Gardienot measured- - 28Mauritz Vellingknot measured-
- 29Eva Margareta Frölichnot measured-
- 30Samuel Columbusnot measured-
- 31Skogekär Bergbonot measured-
- 32Reiner Brockmannnot measured-
- 33Thomas Hiärnenot measured-
- 34
Christoph Karl von Schlippenbachnot measured- - 35Ericus Schroderusnot measured-
- 36
Karl Gustafson Banérnot measured- - 37Sigrid Bielkenot 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.