← 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
Josquin des Prez16 decades - 2
Johannes Ciconia3 decades - 3
Antoine Brumel0 decades - 4Jean Mouton20 decades
- 5
Clémence Isaure22 decades - 6Nicolas Grenon1 decades
- 7
F. Andrieu0 decades - 8
Jacobus Barbireau0 decades - 9Arnold de Lantins0 decades
- 10Johannes Regis0 decades
- 11Johannes Tapissiernot measured-
- 12Trebornot measured-
- 13
Gilles Joye0 decades - 14Johannes Ghiselinnot measured-
- 15Firminus Caronnot measured-
- 16Jacobus Vide0 decades
- 17Johannes Prioris0 decades
- 18Johannes de Stokemnot measured-
- 19Guillaume Legrant0 decades
- 20Reginaldus Libertnot measured-
- 21Egidius de Francianot measured-
- 22Colinet de Lannoynot measured-
- 23Johannes Legrantnot measured-
- 24Philippe Basironnot measured-
- 25Adrien Basinnot 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.