← 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
Charles VIII of France11 decades - 2
Charles the Bold22 decades - 3
Mary of Burgundy22 decades - 4
Philip the Good0 decades - 5
Louis XI of France8 decades - 6
Francis II12 decades - 7
Jean de Dunois0 decades - 8
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut5 decades - 9
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 10
Charles I of Albret0 decades - 11
Gian Giacomo Trivulzio22 decades - 12
Bonne of Artois0 decades - 13Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale10 decades
- 14
Georges d'Amboise22 decades - 15
Joan II, Countess of Auvergnenot measured- - 16
Jean Bureau22 decades - 17
Jean Balue0 decades - 18
Marguerite, Countess of Vertus16 decades - 19
Antoine Duprat22 decades - 20
Charles II of Albret0 decades - 21
Louis de Bourbon, Bishop of Liègenot measured- - 22
Guillaume Briçonnet22 decades - 23
Étienne Chevalier17 decades - 24
Jean de Villiers de L'Isle-Adamnot measured- - 25
Guillaume de Montmorency19 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.