← 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
Tomás de Torquemada22 decades - 2
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba15 decades - 3
Enrique III of Castile0 decades - 4Juan Pacheconot measured-
- 5
Juan Rodríguez Fonseca0 decades - 6
Francisco de Carvajal21 decades - 7
Pelinor7 decades - 8
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñonesnot measured- - 9
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantadonot measured- - 10
Andrés Cabreranot measured- - 11Carlos de Luna y Arellano IInot 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.