← 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.
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Ahmed I2 decades - 2
Mehmed III0 decades - 3
Murad IV4 decades - 4
Kösem Sultan0 decades - 5
Mehmed IV2 decades - 6
Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empirenot measured- - 7
Mustafa I0 decades - 8
Osman II0 decades - 9
Sabbatai Zevi20 decades - 10
Mustafa II0 decades - 11
Ahmed II0 decades - 12
Kara Mustafa Pasha0 decades - 13
Evliya Çelebi2 decades - 14Halime Sultannot measured-
- 15Handan Sultan0 decades
- 16
Mahfiruz Hatunnot measured- - 17
Gülnuş Sultannot measured- - 18
Saliha Dilaşub Sultannot measured- - 19
Cyril Lucaris0 decades - 20
Köprülü Mehmed Paşa0 decades - 21
Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebinot measured- - 22
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pashanot measured- - 23
Hümaşah Sultannot measured- - 24
Kâtip Çelebi0 decades - 25
Muazzez Sultannot 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.