← 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
Christina, Queen of Swedennot measured- - 2
Sigismund III Vasa0 decades - 3
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden13 decades - 4
Charles XI of Sweden0 decades - 5
Charles X Gustav of Sweden19 decades
- 6
Axel Oxenstierna20 decades - 7
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg0 decades - 8
Samuel von Pufendorf9 decades - 9
Lennart Torstensson0 decades
- 10
Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 11
Carl Gustav Rehnskiöldnot measured- - 12
Carl Gustaf Wrangel0 decades
- 13
Johan Banér0 decades - 14
Olaus Rudbeck4 decades - 15
Maria Aurora von Königsmarck0 decades - 16
Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg0 decades - 17
Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 18
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt0 decades - 19
Jacob De la Gardie0 decades
- 20
Per Brahe the Younger0 decades - 21
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Levennot measured- - 22
Christopher Polhem0 decades - 23
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie0 decades - 24
Johann Reinhold von Patkul0 decades - 25
Princess Anna of Sweden0 decades - 26
Gustav Horn, Count of Pori0 decades - 27
Erik Dahlbergh0 decades - 28
Georg von Derfflinger0 decades - 29
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger0 decades - 30
Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck0 decades - 31
Frederick Coyett0 decades - 32
Ebba Brahe0 decades - 33
Arvid Horn0 decades
- 34
Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland21 decades - 35
Ebba Sparre0 decades - 36
John, Duke of Östergötlandnot measured- - 37
Johannes Bureus0 decades - 38
Philip Christoph von Königsmarck0 decades - 39
Louis De Geer0 decades - 40
Michael Dahl0 decades - 41
Princess Sigrid of Swedennot measured- - 42
Herman Wrangel0 decades
- 43
Jonas Bronck0 decades - 44
Karol Ferdynand Vasanot measured- - 45
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder0 decades - 46
Georg Stiernhielm0 decades
- 47
David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl0 decades
- 48
Olof Rudbeck the Younger0 decades - 49
Arvid Wittenberg0 decades - 50
Count Gustav of Vasaborg, 1st Count of Nystadnot measured- - 51Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbachnot measured-
- 52
Peder Winstrup0 decades - 53
Sofia Elisabet Webernot measured-
- 54
Gustaf Otto Stenbock0 decades - 55
Evert Horn0 decades - 56
Prince Gustav of Sweden0 decades - 57
Carl Gyllenhielmnot measured- - 58
Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge22 decades - 59
Lorentz Creutz0 decades - 60
Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarcknot measured- - 61
David von Krafft0 decades - 62
Rutger von Ascheberg0 decades - 63
Johan Skytte0 decades - 64
Carl Piper0 decades - 65
Simon Grundel-Helmfeltnot measured- - 66
Clas Fleming0 decades - 67
Johan Palmstruch0 decades - 68
Axel Julius De la Gardienot measured- - 69
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhauptnot measured- - 70
Otto Vellingk the Youngernot measured- - 71
Torsten Stålhandskenot measured- - 72
Johannes Rudbeckius0 decades - 73
Johannes Messenius0 decades - 74
Urban Hjärne0 decades - 75
Israel Kolmodin0 decades - 76
Hans Wachtmeister0 decades - 77Jean de la Vallée0 decades
- 78Carl Gustaf Roos0 decades
- 79
Bengt Oxenstiernanot measured- - 80
Lucidor10 decades - 81
Johan Printznot measured- - 82
Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeldnot measured- - 83
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna0 decades - 84Vincenzo Albrici0 decades
- 85
Johann Philipp Lemke0 decades - 86
Jesper Swedbergnot measured- - 87Arnold Johan Messenius0 decades
- 88
Axel Gyllenkrok0 decades - 89
Johannes Schefferus0 decades - 90
Maria Sofia De la Gardienot measured- - 91
Claes Uggla0 decades - 92
Fabian von Fersen0 decades - 93
Carl Gustaf Creutznot measured- - 94
Virgilio Malvezzi20 decades - 95
Nils Bielkenot measured- - 96
Axel Sparre0 decades - 97
Carl Nierothnot measured- - 98
Haquin Spegelnot measured- - 99
Henrik Horn0 decades - 100
Agneta Hornnot 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.