← 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
Nicholas of Flüe14 decades - 2
Konrad Witz12 decades - 3Andrea Solari0 decades
- 4
Hans Waldmann20 decades - 5
Johann Froben14 decades - 6
Martino da Como1 decades - 7
Adrian von Bubenberg0 decades - 8
Diebold Schilling the Eldernot measured- - 9
Diebold Schilling the Youngernot measured- - 10
Domenico Gagini0 decades - 11
Frederick VII of Toggenburgnot measured- - 12
Hans Leu the Elder0 decades - 13
Hans von Hallwyl0 decades - 14Antonio Trivulzio, seniore21 decades
- 15Francesco Solari0 decades
- 16
Petermann Etterlin0 decades - 17
Felix Hemmerlin0 decades - 18
John of Freiburg-Neuchâtelnot measured- - 19
Dorothea Wyssnot measured- - 20
Albrecht von Bonstetten0 decades - 21
Louis de La Paludnot measured- - 22
Konrad III.0 decades - 23
Melchior Russ0 decades - 24Marx Röistnot measured-
- 25
Gerold Edlibach8 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.