← Fame through time1400-1409
The 1400s
Whose working lives fell in the 1400s. 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 1400s, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Zheng He8 decades - 2
Jan Hus9 decades - 3
Richard II of England0 decades - 4
Henry IV of England0 decades - 5
Charles VI of France4 decades - 6
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 7
Pope Martin V5 decades - 8
Antipope John XXIII0 decades - 9
John the Fearlessnot measured- - 10
Vasily I of Moscow5 decades - 11
Isabeau of Bavaria22 decades - 12
Isabella of Valois22 decades - 13Taejong of Joseonnot measured-
- 14
Jianwen Emperor0 decades - 15
Louis I, Duke of Orléans0 decades - 16
Catherine of Lancaster19 decades - 17
Stefan Lazarević0 decades - 18
Enrique III of Castile0 decades - 19
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani0 decades - 20
Joan of Navarrenot measured- - 21
Imadaddin Nasiminot measured- - 22
Leonardo Bruni22 decades - 23
Beatrice of Portugal22 decades - 24
John VII Palaiologos0 decades - 25
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg22 decades - 26
Gentile da Fabriano22 decades - 27
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset16 decades - 28
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of Yorknot measured- - 29
Joanna II of Naples0 decades - 30
Helena Dragašnot measured- - 31
Miran Shah1 decades - 32Margery Kempe8 decades
- 33
Francesco Foscari22 decades - 34
Erasmo of Narni22 decades - 35
Martin I of Sicily0 decades - 36
Albert IV, Duke of Austria0 decades - 37
Clement VIII22 decades - 38
Olivera Lazarevićnot measured- - 39
Jacopo della Quercia22 decades - 40
Pierre Cauchon0 decades - 41
Eleanor of Alburquerque9 decades - 42
Jean Le Maingre0 decades - 43
Muzio Sforza5 decades - 44
Duke Wilhelm I, Duke of Austrianot measured- - 45
Hubert van Eyck5 decades - 46
William II, Duke of Bavaria22 decades - 47
Lorenzo Monaco22 decades - 48
Blanche of England0 decades - 49
İsa Çelebinot measured- - 50
Švitrigaila / Svidrigiellonot measured- - 51
Charles I of Albret0 decades - 52Shō Hashinot measured-
- 53
Sigismund Kęstutaitisnot measured- - 54
Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria22 decades - 55
Leopold IV, Duke of Austria0 decades - 56
Andronikos V Palaiologosnot measured- - 57
Huitzilihuitl2 decades - 58
Barsbay0 decades - 59
Adolph I2 decades - 60Pir Muhammad6 decades
- 61
Ernest, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 62
James II, Count of La Marche0 decades - 63
Guarino da Verona22 decades - 64
John Lydgate22 decades - 65
Johannes Ciconia3 decades - 66
Constantine I of Georgianot measured- - 67
George VII of Georgianot measured- - 68
Heinrich von Plauennot measured- - 69
Sophia of Lithuanianot measured- - 70
Niccolò de' Niccoli22 decades - 71
Violant of Barnot measured- - 72
Constantine II of Bulgarianot measured- - 73
Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria11 decades - 74
Pippo Spano0 decades - 75Benedict XIV (Bernard Garnier)3 decades
- 76
Al-Salih Hajjinot measured- - 77Wongyeongnot measured-
- 78
Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaqnot measured- - 79
Elizabeth Granowskanot measured- - 80
Mary of Enghiennot measured- - 81
Yury of Zvenigorodnot measured- - 82Imamzade Halil Pashanot measured-
- 83
Braccio da Montone1 decades - 84
Jean Malouel8 decades - 85
Beatrice Canenot measured- - 86
Shaykh al-Mahmudinot measured- - 87
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesaynot measured- - 88
Francesco I Gonzaga0 decades - 89
Muhammad Sultan Mirza0 decades - 90
Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg0 decades - 91
Chandidas7 decades - 92
Laurens Jansz Coster0 decades - 93Devletşah Hatunnot measured-
- 94
Harihara II1 decades - 95
Michael Küchmeister von Sternbergnot measured- - 96
Malik Ibrahim0 decades - 97
Konrad Kyeser2 decades - 98
Joanna Sophia of Bavarianot measured- - 99
Gün Temür Khannot measured- - 100Abdul Karim Jili0 decades
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.