← 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 - 26Seongjong of Joseonnot measured-
- 27
Huayna Capac20 decades - 28
Bartholomew Columbus16 decades - 29
Charlesnot measured- - 30
Alexander Jagiellon0 decades - 31
Sikandar Khan Lodi0 decades - 32
Anne of France1 decades - 33
Johannes Trithemius0 decades - 34
Beatrice d’Este4 decades - 35
Perkin Warbeck22 decades - 36
Piero di Cosimo22 decades - 37
John I Albert0 decades - 38
Martin Behaim15 decades - 39
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón14 decades - 40
Tristão da Cunha1 decades - 41
Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia22 decades - 42
Ferdinand II of Naples0 decades - 43
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwicknot measured- - 44
Sebastian Brant22 decades - 45
Go-Kashiwabara0 decades - 46
Afonso I of Kongo0 decades - 47
Beatrice of Naples20 decades - 48
Jacopo Sannazaro22 decades - 49
Gerard David11 decades - 50
Francis0 decades - 51Sonni Ali6 decades
- 52
Andrea Gritti22 decades - 53
Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adamnot measured- - 54
Elizabeth Tudor15 decades - 55
Umar Shaikh Mirza IInot measured- - 56
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg19 decades - 57
Catherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham0 decades - 58
Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano22 decades - 59
Raffaele Riario22 decades - 60
Sultan Cem0 decades - 61
Lorenzo di Credi22 decades - 62
Eleanor of Viseunot measured- - 63
Pietro Pomponazzi22 decades - 64
Mihnea cel Răunot measured- - 65
Christina of Saxonynot measured- - 66
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera22 decades - 67
Yusuf Adil Shah0 decades - 68
Piri Mehmed Paşanot measured- - 69
Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavarianot measured- - 70
Ascanio Sforza13 decades - 71
Gil Eanes0 decades - 72
Afonso, Prince of Portugalnot measured- - 73
Badi' al-Zaman Mirzanot measured- - 74
Giovanni il Popolano0 decades - 75
Conrad Celtes1 decades - 76Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha0 decades
- 77
Hōjō Sōunnot measured- - 78
Jacopo de' Barbari14 decades - 79Michael Sittow1 decades
- 80
Ivan the Young5 decades - 81
George the Rich, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 82
John II, Duke of Clevesnot measured- - 83
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbachnot measured- - 84Tan Yunxian0 decades
- 85
Charles I, Duke of Savoynot measured- - 86
William Dunbar22 decades - 87
Philippa of Guelders8 decades - 88
Konstanty Ostrogski0 decades - 89
Jacob Obrecht0 decades - 90
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorsetnot measured- - 91
Charles II, Duke of Savoynot measured- - 92
Camilla Battista da Varano3 decades - 93
Duarte Pacheco Pereira0 decades - 94
Anna Sforza0 decades - 95
Qutlugh Nigar Khanumnot measured- - 96
Nicholas I, Count of Salm-Neuburgnot measured- - 97
Antonio da Sangallo the Elder10 decades - 98Mahmud Begada0 decades
- 99Hadim Sinan Pashanot measured-
- 100
Geertgen tot Sint Jans0 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.