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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 Alexander VI1431-1503 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  2. 2Pope Callixtus III1379-1458 · Spain · Religious Figures0 decades
  3. 3Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros1436-1517 · Spain · Religious Figures20 decades
  4. 4John of Sahagún1419-1479 · Spain · Religious Figures14 decades
  5. 5Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña1410-1482 · Spain · Religious Figures1 decades
  6. 6Hernando de Talavera1428-1507 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  7. 7Diego Deza1444-1523 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  8. 8Antonio Osorio de Acuña1459-1526 · Spain · Religious Figures22 decades
  9. 9Juan de Vera1453-1507 · Spain · Religious Figures19 decades
  10. 10Alonso Manso1460-1539 · Spain · Religious Figures0 decades
  11. 11Diego Ramírez de Fuenleal1459-1537 · Spain · Religious Figures0 decades
  12. 12Francisco de Cabrera1401-1529 · Spain · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Diogo Ortiz de Villegas1457-1519 · Spain · Religious Figuresnot 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.