← Fame through time1400-1499
The 15th century
Whose working lives fell in the 15th century. 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 15th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Joan of Arc22 decades - 2
Richard II of England0 decades - 3
Charles VI of France4 decades - 4
Charles VII of France0 decades - 5
Louis XII of France22 decades - 6
Edward IV of England0 decades - 7
Charles VIII of France11 decades - 8
Charles the Bold22 decades - 9
François Villon20 decades - 10
Margaret of Anjounot measured- - 11
Mary of Burgundy22 decades - 12
Philip the Good0 decades - 13
Catherine of Valois0 decades - 14
John the Fearlessnot measured- - 15
Gilles de Rais17 decades - 16
Isabella of Valoisnot measured- - 17
Isabeau of Bavaria22 decades - 18
Charles, Duke of Orléans22 decades - 19
Louis XI of France8 decades - 20
Joan of Valoisnot measured- - 21
Agnès Sorel0 decades - 22
Josquin des Prez16 decades - 23
Louis I, Duke of Orléans0 decades - 24
René of Anjou3 decades - 25
Marie of Anjou22 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.