Claim profile
1400–1499

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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FieldAllHistorical FiguresPoliticiansWritersArtistsReligious FiguresAcademicsModelsMusiciansArchitectsScientists
  1. 1Jean HeyJean Hey1455–1505 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists3 decades
  2. 2Jean MalouelJean Malouel1370–1415 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists8 decades
  3. 3Jean BourdichonJean Bourdichon1457–1521 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists14 decades
  4. 4Jean ColombeJean Colombe1430–1493 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists0 decades
  5. 5Enguerrand QuartonEnguerrand Quarton1411–1466 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists8 decades
  6. 6Simon MarmionSimon Marmion1425–1489 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists14 decades
  7. 7Master of BoucicautMaster of Boucicautdied 1425 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists4 decades
  8. 8Ludovico BreaLudovico Brea1450–1523 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists11 decades
  9. 9Stefano da VeronaStefano da Verona1374–1451 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists0 decades
  10. 10André AbellonAndré Abellon1375–1450 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists0 decades
  11. 11Robinet TestardRobinet Testard1401–1532 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists0 decades
  12. 12Antoine Le MoiturierAntoine Le Moiturierborn 1425 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists0 decades
  13. 13Nicolás FrancésNicolás Francés1390–1468 · 🇫🇷 France · Artistsnot measured—
  14. 14Nicolas DipreNicolas Dipre1460–1532 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists1 decades
  15. 15Brussels Initials MasterBrussels Initials Masterborn 1400 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists0 decades
  16. 16Antoine de LonhyAntoine de Lonhy1450–1490 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists3 decades
  17. 17LMLorenzo Mercadante1450–1480 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists0 decades
  18. 18Dunois MasterDunois Masterborn 1450 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists0 decades
  19. 19Coëtivy MasterCoëtivy Masterborn 1450 · 🇫🇷 France · Artists1 decades

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.