← 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
Richard II of England0 decades - 2
Charles VI of France4 decades - 3
Charles VII of France0 decades - 4
Louis XII of France22 decades - 5
Edward IV of England0 decades - 6
Margaret of Anjounot measured- - 7
Isabella of Valoisnot measured- - 8
Isabeau of Bavaria22 decades - 9
René of Anjou3 decades - 10
Charlesnot measured- - 11
Louis II of Naples22 decades - 12
René II of Lorraine15 decades - 13
Francis0 decades - 14
Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy21 decades - 15
Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Guyenne5 decades - 16
John, Count of Angoulême22 decades - 17
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon3 decades - 18
Louis III of Naplesnot measured- - 19
Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine11 decades - 20
Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry9 decades - 21
Philibert I, Duke of Savoy0 decades - 22
Philippa of Guelders8 decades - 23
Francis I, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 24
Marie of Berry, Duchess of Auvergne0 decades - 25
Antoinette de Maignelais6 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.