← 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
Elizabeth of Luxembourg1 decades - 2
Christopher of Bavaria4 decades
- 3
Ernest of Saxony22 decades - 4
Dorothea of Brandenburgnot measured- - 5
Mary of Guelders1 decades - 6
Albert IV, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 7
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg19 decades - 8
Eberhard I, Duke of Württembergnot measured- - 9
Albert III, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 10
Christina of Saxonynot measured- - 11
Louis VII, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 12
George the Rich, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 13
John II, Duke of Clevesnot measured- - 14
Louis IXnot measured- - 15
Sophia of Bavaria0 decades - 16
Ernest, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 17
William IIInot measured- - 18
Eberhard IV, Count of Württembergnot measured- - 19
Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria3 decades - 20
Eric II, Duke of Pomeranianot measured- - 21
Edzard I, Count of East Frisia4 decades - 22
Margaret of the Palatinatenot measured- - 23
Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Badennot measured- - 24
Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden22 decades - 25
Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 26
Adolf, Duke of Guelders0 decades - 27
Didrik Pining0 decades - 28
Barbara Gonzaga2 decades - 29
Sigismund, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 30
Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Bergnot measured- - 31Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagennot measured-
- 32Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau8 decades
- 33William II, Margrave of Meissennot measured-
- 34
John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured- - 35
Philip of Hachberg-Sausenbergnot measured- - 36
Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomeranianot measured- - 37Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburgnot measured-
- 38Konrad V Kantner3 decades
- 39
Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck0 decades - 40Philip II, Count of Waldecknot measured-
- 41
Hans Pothorst2 decades - 42Frederick XI, Count of Hohenzollern0 decades
- 43
Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich0 decades - 44Frederick X, Count of Hohenzollern0 decades
- 45Ulrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargardnot measured-
- 46
Albert II, Count of Holstein-Segebergnot measured- - 47Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Straubingnot measured-
- 48Konrad VI the Dean0 decades
- 49
Barbara of Saxe-Wittenbergnot measured- - 50
Elisabeth of Brandenburgnot measured- - 51Albert IV, Prince of Anhalt-Köthennot measured-
- 52Margaret of Gueldersnot measured-
- 53Margaret of Brunswick-Grubenhagennot measured-
- 54Margaret of Hessenot measured-
- 55Albert VI, Prince of Anhalt-Köthennot measured-
- 56Catherine of Nassau-Beilsteinnot measured-
- 57John I, Count of Rietbergnot 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.