← 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
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- - 26
Şehzade Mahmudnot measured- - 27Ismihan Kaya Sultannot measured-
- 28
Lagâri Hasan Çelebinot measured- - 29
Turhan Hatice Sultan0 decades - 30
Pjetër Bogdani0 decades - 31
Basil of Ostrog0 decades - 32
Ahmad Khani0 decades - 33
Fakhr-al-Din IInot measured- - 34
Suleiman II0 decades - 35
Şehzade Kasimnot measured- - 36Hanzade Sultannot measured-
- 37
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Paşanot measured- - 38Şehzade Suleimannot measured-
- 39Atike Sultannot measured-
- 40Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsinot measured-
- 41Derviş Mehmed Paşanot measured-
- 42
Tugay Beynot measured- - 43
Baltacı Mehmet Paşanot measured- - 44
Selim I Giraynot measured- - 45
Nathan of Gaza19 decades - 46Şivekar Sultannot measured-
- 47
Kara Davud Pashanot measured- - 48
Nef'i0 decades - 49
Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Paşanot measured- - 50Ayşe Sultan0 decades
- 51Alexander of Montenegronot measured-
- 52
Anthim the Iberian0 decades - 53Mehmed III Giraynot measured-
- 54Gevherhan Sultannot measured-
- 55
Shalom Shabazi13 decades - 56
Arsenije III Čarnojevićnot measured- - 57Kemankeş Mustafa Paşanot measured-
- 58
Ayşe Sultannot measured- - 59Akile Hatunnot measured-
- 60Ayşe Sultannot measured-
- 61Elmas Mehmed Paşanot measured-
- 62
Damad Halil Paşanot measured- - 63
Topal Osman Paşanot measured- - 64
Sarı Süleyman Pashanot measured- - 65Mehmed IV Giraynot measured-
- 66
Abaza Mehmed Pasha0 decades - 67Gazi Hüseyin Paşanot measured-
- 68
Ahmed the Calligraphernot measured- - 69
Hafız Osmannot measured- - 70
İbrahim Peçevi0 decades - 71
Karacaoğlan0 decades - 72Fahrihan Sultannot measured-
- 73Topal Recep Pashanot measured-
- 74Gazi Hüsrev Paşanot measured-
- 75
Abdurrahman Abdi Paşanot measured- - 76Malaye Jazirinot measured-
- 77
Alexander Mavrocordatos7 decades - 78
Mehmed Said Efendi0 decades - 79
Estephan El Douaihynot measured- - 80
Athanasios III of Constantinoplenot measured- - 81
Sulejman Bargjininot measured- - 82Abaza Siyavuş Pasha Inot measured-
- 83Sultanzade Mehmet Paşanot measured-
- 84Ermeni Suleyman Pashanot measured-
- 85İbşir Mustafa Paşanot measured-
- 86Mustafa Naima0 decades
- 87Şehzade Ömernot measured-
- 88Koçi Bey0 decades
- 89
Bayburtlu Kara İbrahim Paşanot measured- - 90Yusuf Nabi0 decades
- 91Kemankeş Kara Ali Paşanot measured-
- 92Zurnazen Mustafa Paşanot measured-
- 93
Muhamed Hevaji Uskufi Bosnevinot measured- - 94Ağa Yusuf Pashanot measured-
- 95Melek Ahmed Paşa0 decades
- 96Tarhoncu Ahmed Pashanot measured-
- 97
Abdullah b. Alevi Haddadnot measured- - 98Nevesinli Salih Paşanot measured-
- 99
Levni0 decades - 100
İsmail Hakkı Bursevînot 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.