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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. 1Pedro BerruguetePedro Berruguete1450–1504 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists22 decades
  2. 2Juan de FlandesJuan de Flandes1450–1519 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists13 decades
  3. 3Fernando GallegoFernando Gallego1440–1507 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists15 decades
  4. 4Lo SpagnaLo Spagna1450–1528 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists0 decades
  5. 5Fernando Yáñez de la AlmedinaFernando Yáñez de la Almedina1459–1537 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists0 decades
  6. 6EEEnrique Egas1455–1534 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists18 decades
  7. 7Jorge InglésJorge Inglés1420–1500 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists10 decades
  8. 8Martín BernatMartín Bernat1450–1505 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists3 decades
  9. 9HDHanequin de Bruselasdied 1494 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists0 decades
  10. 10Juan de la AbadíaJuan de la Abadía1450–1498 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists6 decades
  11. 11RARodrigo Alemán1446–1542 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists8 decades
  12. 12ADAntonio del Rincón1446–1500 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists14 decades
  13. 13JDJoan Daurerborn 1400 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists0 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.