← 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
Ahmed I2 decades - 2
Murad IV4 decades - 3
Osman II0 decades - 4
Evliya Çelebi2 decades - 5
Gülnuş Sultannot measured- - 6
Pjetër Bogdani0 decades - 7
Ahmad Khani0 decades - 8
Nathan of Gaza19 decades - 9
Nef'i0 decades - 10
Shalom Shabazi13 decades - 11Mehmed IV Giraynot measured-
- 12
Hafız Osmannot measured- - 13
İbrahim Peçevi0 decades - 14
Karacaoğlan0 decades - 15Malaye Jazirinot measured-
- 16
Estephan El Douaihynot measured- - 17Mustafa Naima0 decades
- 18Koçi Bey0 decades
- 19Yusuf Nabi0 decades
- 20
Muhamed Hevaji Uskufi Bosnevinot measured- - 21
Abdullah b. Alevi Haddadnot measured- - 22Rami Mehmed Paşanot measured-
- 23
Abdurrauf Singkilnot measured- - 24
İbnü'l-İmadnot measured- - 25
Tiryaki Hasan Pashanot measured- - 26
Aşıq Ümernot measured- - 27Niyazi Misrinot measured-
- 28
Kul Nesîmînot measured- - 29
Mar'i al-Karminot measured- - 30Muhammed Zürkaninot measured-
- 31al-Buhūtinot measured-
- 32
Suleiman Aganot measured- - 33Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aganot measured-
- 34Solakzade Mehmed Hemdeninot measured-
- 35Ali Taramakhinot measured-
- 36Abraham Ecchellensisnot measured-
- 37
Eremia Komurdjian Celebinot measured- - 38Ibrahim Khannot measured-
- 39
Mustafa Besaraninot measured- - 40
Suyolcuzade Mustafa Eyyubinot measured- - 41Hocazade Mehmed Efendinot measured-
- 42
Yakov of Kamena Rekanot measured- - 43Mehmed Lütfullâhnot 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.