← 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
Eric of Pomerania0 decades
- 2
Charles VIII of Sweden0 decades - 3
Sten Sture the Elder0 decades - 4
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson0 decades - 5
Svante Nilsson0 decades - 6
Albertus Pictor0 decades - 7Eric Trolle0 decades
- 8
Erik Axelsson Tott0 decades - 9
Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstiernanot measured- - 10Christina Abrahamsdotternot measured-
- 11
Kettil Karlsson0 decades - 12
Didrik Slagheck0 decades - 13
Ingeborg Tottnot measured- - 14
Bengt Jönsson (Oxenstierna)not measured- - 15
Jakob Ulvsson0 decades - 16
Hans Brask0 decades
- 17
Knut Posse0 decades - 18Nils Jönsson (Oxenstierna)not measured-
- 19Hemming Gadh0 decades
- 20Brita Tottnot measured-
- 21Nicolaus Ragvaldi0 decades
- 22
Arvid Kurck0 decades - 23
Jöns Budde0 decades - 24Ericus Olai0 decades
- 25Johan Kristiernsson (Vasa)not 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.