← 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
Ikkyū Sōjun0 decades - 2
Go-Hanazono0 decades - 3
Go-Komatsu0 decades - 4
Sesshū Tōyō0 decades - 5
Go-Kashiwabara0 decades - 6
Go-Tsuchimikado0 decades - 7
Ashikaga Yoshimasa0 decades - 8
Shōkōnot measured- - 9
Hōjō Sōunnot measured- - 10
Ashikaga Yoshihisa0 decades - 11
Ashikaga Yoshinori0 decades - 12
Ashikaga Yoshimochi0 decades - 13
Ashikaga Yoshikazunot measured- - 14
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu0 decades - 15
Hosokawa Katsumoto0 decades - 16
Ōta Dōkan0 decades - 17
Rennyo3 decades - 18
Yamana Sōzennot measured- - 19
Tenshō Shūbunnot measured- - 20
Kanō Masanobunot measured- - 21Hino Tomiko0 decades
- 22
Amago Tsunehisanot measured- - 23
Josetsu0 decades - 24
Tosa Mitsunobu0 decades - 25
Sōginot measured- - 26
Iizasa Ienaonot measured- - 27
Murata Jukō0 decades - 28Akamatsu Mitsusuke0 decades
- 29
Ashikaga Yoshimi0 decades - 30
Ashikaga Shigeuji0 decades - 31
Yoshida Kanetomo0 decades - 32
Ashikaga Mochiuji0 decades - 33
Sōami0 decades - 34Ashikaga Masatomo0 decades
- 35Fushimi-no-miya Sadafusa-shinnōnot measured-
- 36Ichijō Kaneyoshi0 decades
- 37
Ōuchi Masahironot measured- - 38
Sō Sadamorinot measured- - 39
Uesugi Norizane0 decades - 40Komparu Zenchiku0 decades
- 41
Asakura Takakage0 decades - 42Imagawa Yoshitada0 decades
- 43Chōsokabe Kanetsugunot measured-
- 44Hatakeyama Masanaga0 decades
- 45
Shinkei5 decades - 46Ashikaga Chachamarunot measured-
- 47
Hatakeyama Yoshinari0 decades - 48Hinonishi Motokonot measured-
- 49Ashikaga Yoshiakinot measured-
- 50
Ichijō Norifusanot measured- - 51Hiraga Genshinnot measured-
- 52Hino Munekonot measured-
- 53
Fushimi-no-miya Sadatsune-shinnōnot measured- - 54Ashikaga Jundoshinot measured-
- 55Ōinomikado Nobukonot measured-
- 56Hino Yasukonot measured-
- 57
Shōtetsu0 decades - 58Fujiwara Fujikonot measured-
- 59Niwata Asakonot measured-
- 60Uesugi Akisadanot measured-
- 61
Geiami0 decades - 62
Nōaminot measured- - 63Konoe Masaie0 decades
- 64Asakura Ujikagenot measured-
- 65Rokkaku Takayorinot measured-
- 66
Ashikaga Masaujinot measured- - 67Niwata Yukikonot measured-
- 68Hino Eishinot measured-
- 69Kanze Nobumitsu0 decades
- 70Kojima Motoshigenot measured-
- 71
Sanjōnishi Sanetaka0 decades - 72
Ashikaga Mitsukane0 decades - 73Hino Shigekonot measured-
- 74
Motomasa Jūrōnot measured- - 75Takatsukasa Fuyuienot measured-
- 76Ōuchi Norihironot measured-
- 77Ashikaga Yoshihisanot measured-
- 78Ten-Ō Sōtannot measured-
- 79Ashikaga Yasuoumarunot measured-
- 80
Ashikaga Mochinakanot measured- - 81Hino Shigemasanot measured-
- 82
Jinsonnot measured- - 83Nakamikado Nobutane0 decades
- 84Fushimi-no-miya Haruhito-ōnot measured-
- 85Junnyonot measured-
- 86Yoshiyasu-shinnōnot measured-
- 87Asakura Kōkyūnot 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.