← Fame through time1440-1449
The 1440s
Whose working lives fell in the 1440s. 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 1440s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Skanderbeg7 decades - 2
Pope Sixtus IV22 decades - 3
Pope Pius II21 decades - 4
John Hunyadi19 decades - 5
Gilles de Rais17 decades - 6
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of Yorknot measured- - 7
Władysław III of Poland0 decades - 8
Filippo Lippi22 decades - 9
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John II of Castile0 decades - 10Thomas Malory18 decades
- 11
René of Anjou3 decades - 12
Elizabeth of Luxembourg1 decades - 13
Jaminot measured- - 14
Christopher of Bavaria4 decades
- 15
Catherine of Bologna21 decades - 16Munjong of Joseonnot measured-
- 17
Lorenzo Valla14 decades - 18
David II of Trebizondnot measured- - 19
Frederick IInot measured- - 20
Thomas Palaiologos0 decades - 21Çandarlı Halil Pasha0 decades
- 22
Johannes Ockeghem1 decades - 23
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somersetnot measured- - 24
Petrus Christus5 decades - 25
Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of Francenot measured- - 26
Lekë Dukagjini0 decades - 27
Louis I, Duke of Savoynot measured- - 28
Vladislav II of Wallachianot measured- - 29
Ulrich II, Count of Celjenot measured- - 30
Abu'l-Khayr Khan0 decades - 31
Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburgnot measured- - 32
Charles VIII of Sweden0 decades - 33
Demetrios Palaiologos0 decades - 34
Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburgnot measured- - 35
Stefan Lochner9 decades - 36Mircea II of Wallachianot measured-
- 37
Domenico Veneziano22 decades - 38
Esen Taishinot measured- - 39Orkhannot measured-
- 40
Sophia of Halshanynot measured- - 41
Jean II, Duke of Alençon0 decades - 42
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Riversnot measured- - 43
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua1 decades - 44
Abdallah Mirzanot measured- - 45
Ahmed Khan bin Küchüknot measured- - 46
Agnes of Burgundy0 decades - 47
Oluğ Möxämmätnot measured- - 48
Giovanni Mocenigo22 decades - 49
Marco Barbarigo18 decades - 50
Tallapaka Annamacharya0 decades - 51
Erzsébet Szilágyinot measured- - 52
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbachnot measured- - 53
Gomes Eanes de Zurara0 decades - 54
Bernardo Rossellino0 decades - 55
Catherine of France, Countess of Charolaisnot measured- - 56
Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg0 decades - 57
Stephen Thomas of Bosnianot measured- - 58
William Neville, Earl of Kent10 decades - 59
Francis I, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 60Michael Critobulus0 decades
- 61Abd al-Razzaq Samarqandi0 decades
- 62
Mahmud Gawan2 decades - 63
Joanot Martorell0 decades - 64
Dmitry Shemyaka0 decades - 65
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu0 decades - 66
Louis IV, Elector Palatinenot measured- - 67
Alessandro Sforza, Lord of Pesaro10 decades - 68
János Vitéz0 decades - 69
Louis I, Count of Montpensiernot measured-
- 70
Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara0 decades - 71
Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach8 decades - 72
Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña1 decades - 73
Enguerrand Quarton8 decades - 74
Oddantonio da Montefeltronot measured- - 75Basarab II of Wallachianot measured-
- 76Abraham Senior4 decades
- 77
Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden22 decades - 78
Giorgio da Sebenico1 decades - 79İbn Tanrıverdinot measured-
- 80
Arnold, Duke of Gueldersnot measured- - 81Giosafat Barbaro0 decades
- 82Chiara Zorzi0 decades
- 83
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsburynot measured- - 84
Agnes of Clevesnot measured- - 85
Masuccio Salernitano21 decades - 86
Nicholas of Iloknot measured- - 87
Radegonde de Francenot measured- - 88
Marguerite, Countess of Vertus16 decades - 89
Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwicknot measured- - 90
Bogdan II of Moldavianot measured- - 91Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi10 decades
- 92
Claude des Armoises4 decades - 93
Pietro Mocenigo0 decades - 94
Vasily Kosoynot measured- - 95
Hadım Şehabeddin Paşanot measured- - 96Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsonot measured-
- 97
Neri di Bicci18 decades - 98
Ludwig von Erlichshausen0 decades - 99
Selçuk Hatunnot measured- - 100
Inal the Great of Circassianot 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.