← 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
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 2
Matthias Corvinus22 decades - 3
John Hunyadi19 decades - 4
Ladislaus the Posthumous12 decades - 5
Vladislaus II of Hungarynot measured- - 6
Ladislaus Hunyadi0 decades - 7
Ulrich II, Count of Celjenot measured- - 8
Pippo Spano0 decades - 9
Janus Pannonius1 decades - 10
János Vitéz0 decades - 11
Pál Kinizsi0 decades - 12
Nicholas II Garaynot measured- - 13
Ilona Szilágyinot measured- - 14
Tamás Bakócz0 decades - 15
Stephen Zápolyanot measured- - 16
Stephen V Báthorynot measured- - 17
Frederick II, Count of Celjenot measured- - 18
István Werbőczy0 decades - 19
Balázs Magyarnot measured- - 20
Emeric Zápolyanot measured- - 21
Dénes Szécsinot measured- - 22
Lawrence of Iloknot measured- - 23
Ladislaus II Garainot measured- - 24Stephen III Báthorynot measured-
- 25
Michele Pannonio0 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.