← Fame through time1420-1429
The 1420s
Whose working lives fell in the 1420s. 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 1420s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Henry V of England1 decades - 2
Donatello22 decades - 3
Jan van Eyck16 decades - 4
Cosimo de' Medici22 decades - 5
Fra Angelico21 decades - 6
Mehmed I0 decades - 7
Prince Henry the Navigator15 decades - 8
James I of Scotland3 decades - 9
Masaccio22 decades - 10
Ulugh Beg15 decades - 11
Charles, Duke of Orléans22 decades - 12
Pachacuti9 decades - 13
1st Dalai Lamanot measured- - 14
John VIII Palaiologos0 decades - 15
Rogier van der Weyden13 decades - 16
Edward, King of Portugalnot measured- - 17
Philippa of England0 decades - 18
Blanche I of Navarre0 decades - 19
Filippo Maria Visconti22 decades - 20
John of Capistrano17 decades - 21
Barbara of Cilli0 decades - 22
Ikkyū Sōjun0 decades - 23
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford17 decades - 24
Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester0 decades - 25
La Hire0 decades - 26
John Dunstaple0 decades - 27
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence19 decades - 28
Karni Mata0 decades - 29
Mark of Ephesus6 decades - 30
Cymburgis of Masovianot measured- - 31
Shōkōnot measured- - 32
Álvaro de Luna, Constable of Castile22 decades - 33
Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli22 decades - 34
Contessina de' Bardi0 decades - 35
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 36
Elisabeth, Duchess of Luxembourgnot measured- - 37
Fra Mauro22 decades - 38
Peter, Duke of Coimbranot measured- - 39
Michelle of Valoisnot measured- - 40
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburgnot measured- - 41
Flavio Biondo22 decades - 42
João Gonçalves Zarco0 decades - 43
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson0 decades - 44
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberlandnot measured- - 45
Basil Valentine22 decades - 46
Ashikaga Yoshinori0 decades - 47
Antoninus of Florence11 decades - 48
Chimalpopoca6 decades - 49
Joan of France, Duchess of Brittanynot measured- - 50
Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury2 decades - 51
Alexander I of Georgianot measured- - 52
John Cantius0 decades - 53Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of Marchnot measured-
- 54
Marie of Burgundy0 decades - 55
Ashikaga Yoshimochi0 decades - 56
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrückennot measured- - 57
Akşemseddin0 decades - 58
Sassetta22 decades - 59
Odette de Champdivers7 decades - 60
Ahmed Shah I0 decades - 61
Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of Thessalonicanot measured- - 62
Petr Chelčický0 decades - 63
Ponhea Yat0 decades - 64
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles0 decades - 65
Tvrtko II of Bosnianot measured- - 66
Bonne of Artois0 decades - 67
Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria3 decades - 68
Peter I, Count of Saint-Polnot measured- - 69
Ashikaga Yoshikazunot measured- - 70
Hafiz-i Abru0 decades - 71
Catherine11 decades - 72
John Fortescue22 decades - 73Gregory III of Constantinoplenot measured-
- 74
Jean Bureau22 decades - 75
Parisina Malatesta0 decades - 76
Çandarlı Ibrahim Pashanot measured- - 77
Bonne of Berry13 decades - 78
Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah0 decades - 79Yangnyeong0 decades
- 80
Cristoforo Moro22 decades - 81
Antonio Beccadelli22 decades - 82
Şerafeddin Kadirnot measured- - 83
James of the Marches22 decades - 84
Cristoforo Buondelmonti13 decades - 85
Alain Chartier19 decades - 86
William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg0 decades - 87
Zbigniew Oleśnicki0 decades - 88Yeshaq I0 decades
- 89
Juliana Berners11 decades - 90
Peter de Regalado22 decades - 91
Infanta Leonor of Castilenot measured- - 92
Enguerrand de Monstrelet2 decades - 93
John II of Luxembourg, Count of Lignynot measured- - 94Al-Mustakfi IInot measured-
- 95Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Paşanot measured-
- 96
Francesco Bussone0 decades - 97
Fernão Lopes0 decades - 98
Jean de Wavrin14 decades - 99
Ahmad ibn Arabshah0 decades - 100Raymond of Sabunde2 decades
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.