← Fame through time1490-1499
The 1490s
Whose working lives fell in the 1490s. 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 1490s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Henry VII of England7 decades - 2
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 3
Louis XII of France22 decades - 4
Juan Ponce de León20 decades - 5
Charles VIII of France11 decades - 6
Pope Adrian VI22 decades - 7
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola22 decades - 8
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal0 decades - 9
John II of Portugal0 decades - 10
Caterina Sforza3 decades - 11
Joan of Valoisnot measured- - 12
Jakob Fugger22 decades - 13
Josquin des Prez16 decades - 14
Muhammad XII of Granada0 decades - 15
Joanna la Beltraneja22 decades - 16
Vladislaus II of Hungarynot measured- - 17
Frederick III, Elector of Saxonynot measured- - 18
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshirenot measured- - 19
John, King of Denmarknot measured- - 20
Filippino Lippi21 decades - 21
Tilman Riemenschneider12 decades - 22
Gian Galeazzo Sforza20 decades - 23
John, Prince of Asturias0 decades - 24
Sophia Palaiologina0 decades - 25
Johann Reuchlin17 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.