← 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
Juan Ponce de León20 decades - 2
Henry IV of Castile22 decades - 3
Alfonso V of Aragon21 decades - 4
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal0 decades - 5
Ferdinand I of Aragon17 decades - 6
Ferdinand I of Naples16 decades - 7
Muhammad XII of Granada0 decades - 8
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John II of Castile0 decades - 9
Bartholomew Columbus16 decades - 10
Nicolás de Ovando20 decades - 11
João de Nóvoanot measured- - 12Juan de Bermúdez15 decades
- 13Alonso de Salazar21 decades
- 14Diego de Nicuesa22 decades
- 15Francisco Roldán15 decades
- 16Adrián de Moxicanot measured-
- 17
Teguestenot measured- - 18
Alonso Sánchez0 decades - 19Diego de Arana21 decades
- 20
Pelicar1 decades - 21Hernando de Grijalva14 decades
- 22Juan Fernández de Híjar y Cabreranot measured-
- 23
Diego Salcedonot measured- - 24
Diego Caballeronot 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.