← 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
Joan of Arc22 decades - 2
Richard II of England0 decades - 3
Charles VI of France4 decades - 4
Charles VII of France0 decades - 5
Louis XII of France22 decades - 6
Edward IV of England0 decades - 7
Charles VIII of France11 decades - 8
Charles the Bold22 decades - 9
François Villon20 decades - 10
Margaret of Anjounot measured- - 11
Mary of Burgundy22 decades - 12
Philip the Good0 decades - 13
Catherine of Valois0 decades - 14
John the Fearlessnot measured- - 15
Gilles de Rais17 decades - 16
Isabella of Valoisnot measured- - 17
Isabeau of Bavaria22 decades - 18
Charles, Duke of Orléans22 decades - 19
Louis XI of France8 decades - 20
Joan of Valoisnot measured- - 21
Agnès Sorel0 decades - 22
Josquin des Prez16 decades - 23
Louis I, Duke of Orléans0 decades - 24
René of Anjou3 decades - 25
Marie of Anjou22 decades - 26
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy22 decades - 27
Charlesnot measured- - 28
Francis II12 decades - 29
Louis II of Naples22 decades - 30
Jacquetta of Luxembourg0 decades - 31
René II of Lorraine15 decades - 32
La Hire0 decades - 33
Jean de Dunois0 decades - 34
Charles I of Bourbon0 decades - 35
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut5 decades - 36
Pierre Cauchon0 decades - 37
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine21 decades - 38
Francis0 decades - 39
Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adamnot measured- - 40
Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy21 decades - 41
Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Guyenne5 decades - 42
John I, Duke of Bourbon0 decades - 43
John, Count of Angoulême22 decades - 44
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon3 decades - 45
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 46
Jeanne Hachette22 decades - 47
Charles I of Albret0 decades - 48
John II, Duke of Bourbon14 decades - 49
Michelle of Valoisnot measured- - 50
Louis III of Naplesnot measured- - 51
Yolande of Anjou17 decades - 52
Saint Colette11 decades - 53
Gian Giacomo Trivulzio22 decades - 54
Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine11 decades - 55
Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry9 decades - 56
Maria of Cleves0 decades - 57
Joan of France, Duchess of Brittanynot measured- - 58
Charles II, Duke of Bourbonnot measured- - 59
Philibert I, Duke of Savoy0 decades - 60
John, Dauphin of France, Duke of Touraine22 decades - 61
Margaret of Foixnot measured- - 62
Philippa of Guelders8 decades - 63
Catherine of France, Countess of Charolaisnot measured- - 64
Gilbert, Count of Montpensier9 decades - 65
Pierre d'Aubusson22 decades - 66
Charles IV, Duke of Anjou0 decades - 67
Marguerite de Bourbon22 decades - 68
James II, Count of La Marche0 decades - 69
Odette de Champdivers7 decades - 70
Nicolas Jenson18 decades - 71
Francis I, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 72
Jean Hey3 decades - 73
Marie of Berry, Duchess of Auvergne0 decades - 74
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles0 decades - 75
Bonne of Artois0 decades - 76
Peter I, Count of Saint-Polnot measured- - 77Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale10 decades
- 78
Georges d'Amboise22 decades - 79
Louis II de la Trémoille1 decades - 80
Joan II, Countess of Auvergnenot measured- - 81
Antoinette de Maignelais6 decades - 82
Margaret of Lorraine22 decades - 83
Jean Bureau22 decades - 84
Alanus de Rupe0 decades - 85
Richard, Count of Étampes0 decades - 86
Johannes Ciconia3 decades - 87
Guillaume d'Estouteville17 decades - 88John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne21 decades
- 89
Bonne of Berry13 decades - 90
Peter II, Duke of Brittany0 decades - 91
Jean Bourdichon14 decades - 92
Jean Malouel8 decades - 93
Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Polnot measured- - 94
Enguerrand Quarton8 decades - 95
Jean Colombe0 decades - 96
Simon Marmion14 decades - 97
Georges de la Trémoillenot measured- - 98
René, Duke of Alençon6 decades - 99
Antoine Brumel0 decades - 100
Joan of Valois, Duchess of Bourbonnot 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.