← 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
Hans Memling19 decades - 2
Martin Schongauer21 decades - 3
Veit Stoss21 decades - 4
Stefan Lochner9 decades - 5
Michael Wolgemut14 decades - 6
Bernt Notke10 decades - 7
Adam Kraft22 decades - 8
Anton Coberger16 decades - 9
Master E. S.17 decades - 10
Bernhard Strigel13 decades - 11
Hans Multscher12 decades - 12
Master Francke12 decades - 13
Hans Pleydenwurff11 decades - 14
Peter Vischer the Elder0 decades - 15
Michel Erhart8 decades - 16
Erasmus Grasser10 decades - 17
Lucas Moser9 decades - 18
Erhard Ratdolt14 decades - 19
Derick Baegert5 decades - 20
Friedrich Herlin11 decades - 21Hermen Rode1 decades
- 22Giovanni d'Alemagna0 decades
- 23
Master of Saint Veronica0 decades - 24
Marx Reichlich0 decades - 25
Caspar Isenmann0 decades - 26
Nikolaus Hagenauer4 decades - 27
Ulrich Apt the Elder1 decades - 28
Hans Hirtz2 decades - 29
Berthold Furtmeyr2 decades - 30
Beato Giacomo da Ulma0 decades - 31
Johann Koerbecke0 decades - 32
Rueland Frueauf the Elder0 decades - 33
Hans Bornemann2 decades - 34Georg Glockendon1 decades
- 35
Gabriel Mälesskircher0 decades - 36
Wolfgang Katzheimer the Eldernot measured- - 37
Ludwig Schongauer0 decades - 38
Thoman Burgkmair1 decades - 39
Master of the Darmstadt Passion2 decades - 40
Hans Schüchlin1 decades - 41
Master of the Ortenberg Altarpiece0 decades - 42
Wilm Dedeke0 decades - 43
Absolon Stumme0 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.