← Fame through time1480-1489
The 1480s
Whose working lives fell in the 1480s. 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 1480s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Christopher Columbus21 decades - 2
Leonardo da Vinci22 decades - 3
Isabella I of Castile19 decades - 4
Amerigo Vespucci22 decades - 5
Richard III of England0 decades - 6
Hieronymus Bosch9 decades - 7
Ferdinand II of Aragon14 decades - 8
Sandro Botticelli22 decades - 9
Lorenzo de' Medici22 decades - 10
Girolamo Savonarola22 decades - 11
Bayezid II3 decades - 12
John Cabot16 decades - 13
James III of Scotland0 decades - 14
Mary of Burgundy22 decades - 15
Afonso de Albuquerque4 decades - 16
Anne Nevillenot measured- - 17
Edward V of England0 decades - 18
Pietro Perugino22 decades - 19
Domenico Ghirlandaio22 decades - 20
Aldus Manutiusnot measured- - 21
Pinturicchio22 decades - 22
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba15 decades - 23
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of Yorknot measured- - 24
Catherine Cornaro1 decades - 25
Luca Signorelli22 decades - 26
Agnolo Poliziano22 decades - 27
Saint Casimir0 decades - 28
Alfonso II of Naples3 decades - 29Galal al-Din el-Suyutinot measured-
- 30
Francisco de Almeida1 decades - 31
Muhammad Shaybani0 decades - 32
Margaret of York11 decades - 33
Chenghua Emperor0 decades - 34
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales0 decades - 35
Sankardev0 decades - 36
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland9 decades - 37
Clarice Orsini22 decades - 38
Juan de la Cosa21 decades - 39
Diogo Cão0 decades - 40
Veit Stoss21 decades - 41
Ravidas5 decades - 42
Gülbahar Hatun0 decades - 43
Catherine of Genoa21 decades - 44
René II of Lorraine15 decades - 45
Axayacatl14 decades - 46
Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzādnot measured- - 47
Piero Soderini22 decades - 48
Ahuitzotl8 decades - 49
Meñli I Giraynot measured- - 50
Marko Marulić10 decades - 51
Philippe de Commines18 decades - 52
Kara Ahmed Pasha0 decades - 53
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckinghamnot measured- - 54Gedik Ahmed Pasha0 decades
- 55
Andreas Palaiologos0 decades - 56
Giuliano da Sangallo22 decades - 57
Albert IV, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 58
Albert Brudzewski0 decades - 59
Marfa Boretskaya13 decades - 60
Nicolás de Ovando20 decades - 61
Eberhard I, Duke of Württembergnot measured- - 62
Bona of Savoy5 decades - 63
Filipa Moniz Perestrelo0 decades - 64
Frederick IV of Naplesnot measured- - 65
William Warham8 decades - 66
Ippolita Maria Sforza8 decades - 67
Abraham Zacuto10 decades - 68
Shaykh Haydar0 decades - 69
Jeanne Hachette22 decades - 70Çiçek Hatunnot measured-
- 71
Pedro Berruguete22 decades - 72
Philip, Elector Palatinenot measured- - 73
Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk4 decades - 74
Gaspar Corte-Real0 decades - 75
João de Nóvoanot measured- - 76
Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples0 decades - 77
Pêro da Covilhã0 decades - 78
Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara22 decades - 79
Heinrich Isaac0 decades - 80Kemal Reis0 decades
- 81
Juan de Flandes13 decades - 82
Ashikaga Yoshihisa0 decades - 83
John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincolnnot measured- - 84
Mary of York1 decades - 85
Giovanni Santi21 decades - 86
Joan, Princess of Portugalnot measured- - 87
Prospero Colonna22 decades - 88
Yunus Pasha0 decades - 89Deposed Queen Yunnot measured-
- 90
Philibert I, Duke of Savoy0 decades - 91
Francis Phoebus of Navarrenot measured- - 92
Margaret of Foixnot measured- - 93
Sultan Ahmed Mirza1 decades - 94
Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naplesnot measured- - 95Marin Barleti0 decades
- 96
Mandukhai Khatunnot measured- - 97
Charles IV, Duke of Anjou0 decades - 98
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberlandnot measured- - 99
Diogo Dias0 decades - 100João Fernandes Lavrador0 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.