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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. 1Pope Julius II1443-1513 · Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2Pope Sixtus IV1414-1484 · Italy · Religious Figures22 decades
  3. 3Pope Pius II1405-1464 · Italy · Religious Figures21 decades
  4. 4Pope Martin V1369-1431 · Italy · Religious Figures5 decades
  5. 5Pope Paul II1417-1471 · Italy · Religious Figures11 decades
  6. 6Pope Nicholas V1397-1455 · Italy · Religious Figures10 decades
  7. 7Antipope John XXIII1370-1419 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  8. 8Pope Innocent VIII1432-1492 · Italy · Religious Figures20 decades
  9. 9Pope Eugene IV1383-1447 · Italy · Religious Figures3 decades
  10. 10Pope Pius III1439-1503 · Italy · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Francis of Paola1416-1507 · Italy · Religious Figures0 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.