← 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
François Villon20 decades - 2
Catherine of Valois0 decades - 3
Charles, Duke of Orléans22 decades - 4
Maria of Cleves0 decades - 5
Claude des Armoises4 decades - 6
Jean Molinet22 decades - 7
Olivier de la Marche8 decades - 8
Jean Bilhères de Lagraulasnot measured- - 9
Pierre de Foix, le vieux18 decades - 10
Jean V de Bueilnot measured- - 11Aliénor de Poitiers2 decades
- 12Paolo Emili5 decades
- 13
Jean Jouffroy11 decades - 14Olivier Basselin1 decades
- 15Jean Castel18 decades
- 16Pietro Cirneonot 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.