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1400–1499

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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  1. 1Leon Battista AlbertiLeon Battista Alberti1404–1472 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects22 decades
  2. 2Filippo BrunelleschiFilippo Brunelleschi1377–1446 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects22 decades
  3. 3Donato BramanteDonato Bramante1444–1514 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects22 decades
  4. 4Giuliano da SangalloGiuliano da Sangallo1445–1516 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects22 decades
  5. 5FilareteFilarete1400–1469 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architectsnot measured—
  6. 6Bernardo RossellinoBernardo Rossellino1409–1464 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects0 decades
  7. 7Benedetto da MaianoBenedetto da Maiano1442–1497 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects22 decades
  8. 8Baccio PontelliBaccio Pontelli1449–1494 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects0 decades
  9. 9Aloisio da MilanoAloisio da Milanoborn 1450 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architectsnot measured—
  10. 10Biagio RossettiBiagio Rossetti1447–1516 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects0 decades
  11. 11Andrea BregnoAndrea Bregno1418–1503 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects13 decades
  12. 12Simone del PollaioloSimone del Pollaiolo1457–1508 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects0 decades
  13. 13LFLuca Fancelli1430–1502 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects20 decades
  14. 14Francesco FiorentinoFrancesco Fiorentino1439–1516 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects0 decades
  15. 15Giovanni BattagioGiovanni Battagioborn 1401 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects1 decades
  16. 16GSGiovanni Solari1400–1482 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects0 decades
  17. 17Antonio da LonateAntonio da Lonate1456–1541 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architectsnot measured—
  18. 18Paolo della StellaPaolo della Stella1450–1552 · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects0 decades

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.