← 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
Isabella I of Castile19 decades - 2
Pope Alexander VI22 decades - 3
Ferdinand II of Aragon14 decades - 4
Juan Ponce de León20 decades - 5
Tomás de Torquemada22 decades - 6
Henry IV of Castile22 decades - 7
Pope Callixtus III0 decades - 8
Alfonso V of Aragon21 decades - 9
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal0 decades - 10
John II of Aragonnot measured- - 11
Ferdinand I of Aragon17 decades - 12
Ferdinand I of Naples16 decades - 13
Muhammad XII of Granada0 decades - 14
Joanna la Beltraneja22 decades - 15
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John II of Castile0 decades - 16
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba15 decades - 17
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros20 decades - 18
Enrique III of Castile0 decades - 19
John, Prince of Asturias0 decades - 20
Antonio de Nebrija22 decades - 21
Bartholomew Columbus16 decades - 22
Nicolás de Ovando20 decades - 23
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera22 decades - 24
Pedro Berruguete22 decades - 25
Ascanio Sforza13 decades - 26
João de Nóvoanot measured- - 27
Juan de Flandes13 decades - 28
Gomes Eanes de Zurara0 decades - 29Juan de Bermúdez15 decades
- 30Juan Pacheconot measured-
- 31Alonso de Salazar21 decades
- 32
Fadrique Álvarez de Toledonot measured- - 33
John of Sahagún14 decades - 34
Juan Rodríguez Fonseca0 decades - 35
Francisco de Carvajal21 decades - 36
Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña1 decades - 37
Hernando de Talavera22 decades - 38Abraham Senior4 decades
- 39
Fernando Gallego15 decades - 40
Diego Deza22 decades - 41Diego de Nicuesa22 decades
- 42Francisco Roldán15 decades
- 43Hernando de Luque22 decades
- 44Hernando del Pulgar22 decades
- 45Adrián de Moxicanot measured-
- 46
Pelinor7 decades - 47
Antonio Osorio de Acuña22 decades - 48
Teguestenot measured- - 49
Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina0 decades - 50
Macíasnot measured- - 51Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Fríasnot measured-
- 52
Lucio Marineo Sículo21 decades - 53
Fadrique Enríquez de Velasconot measured- - 54
Bernardino López de Carvajal0 decades - 55Solomon ibn Verga2 decades
- 56
Lo Spagna0 decades - 57
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñonesnot measured- - 58Enrique Egas18 decades
- 59
Simón de Colonia14 decades - 60
Alonso Sánchez0 decades - 61
Juan de Vera19 decades - 62Sebastián de Ocampo11 decades
- 63
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Antonio Rincon0 decades - 64Diego de Arana21 decades
- 65
Jorge Inglés10 decades - 66
Martín Bernat3 decades - 67
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantadonot measured- - 68Ibn Shaprut11 decades
- 69
Pelicar1 decades - 70
Giacopo Antonio Veniernot measured- - 71Josef della Reina4 decades
- 72Isabel de Guevara14 decades
- 73
Ferdinando d' Aragona y Guardato, 1st Duke of Montaltonot measured- - 74Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque22 decades
- 75Francisco de las Casas22 decades
- 76
Juan de Carvajal22 decades - 77
Diego de Valera0 decades - 78
Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Saucenot measured- - 79Hanequin de Bruselas0 decades
- 80
Juan Rejón0 decades - 81Joshua Lorki11 decades
- 82Alonso Ortiz22 decades
- 83Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonianot measured-
- 84
Lorenzo Vázquez de Segovia0 decades - 85
Pedro de Alcalá22 decades - 86
Lope de Barrientos22 decades - 87Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo0 decades
- 88
Juan de la Abadía6 decades - 89Hernando de Grijalva14 decades
- 90
Alonso Manso0 decades - 91
Diego Ramírez de Fuenleal0 decades - 92
Enyego d'Àvalosnot measured- - 93Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st count of Tendillanot measured-
- 94Juan Cornago0 decades
- 95Juan Fernández de Híjar y Cabreranot measured-
- 96Rodrigo Alemán8 decades
- 97Isaac Aboab of Castilenot measured-
- 98
Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroanot measured- - 99Martín de Alcantara13 decades
- 100
Andrés Cabreranot 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.