← 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
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera22 decades - 2
Gomes Eanes de Zurara0 decades - 3Hernando del Pulgar22 decades
- 4
Lucio Marineo Sículo21 decades - 5
Bernardino López de Carvajal0 decades - 6Solomon ibn Verga2 decades
- 7
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Antonio Rincon0 decades - 8Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque22 decades
- 9
Juan de Carvajal22 decades - 10
Diego de Valera0 decades - 11
Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Saucenot measured- - 12
Pedro de Alcalá22 decades - 13
Lope de Barrientos22 decades - 14Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo0 decades
- 15
Enyego d'Àvalosnot measured- - 16Isaac Aboab of Castilenot measured-
- 17Garci Sánchez de Badajoz16 decades
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.