← 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 - 26
Margaret of Lorraine22 decades - 27John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne21 decades
- 28
Peter II, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 29
Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Polnot measured- - 30
Joan of Valois, Duchess of Bourbonnot measured- - 31
Marie I de Coucy, Countess of Soissonsnot measured- - 32
Elizabeth of Nevers0 decades - 33Louis VIII, Duke of Bavarianot measured-
- 34
Peter II, Count of Saint-Polnot measured- - 35
Charlotte de Bourbon19 decades - 36
John I, Count of Foix0 decades - 37
Olivier le Daim1 decades - 38
Catherine of Alençon3 decades - 39Jean II de Brosse0 decades
- 40
Marie of Armagnac0 decades - 41Jean I de Foix-Grailly, Earl of Kendal0 decades
- 42John VII, Count of Harcourt0 decades
- 43Isabella of Brittany0 decades
- 44
Mathieu de Foix-Comminges11 decades - 45Joana, delfina d'Alvèrnianot measured-
- 46
Guigone de Salinsnot measured- - 47Guy XV de Lavalnot measured-
- 48Jean de Lescunnot measured-
- 49Joan II of Albretnot measured-
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.