← 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
Leon Battista Alberti22 decades - 2
Filippo Brunelleschi22 decades - 3
Donato Bramante22 decades - 4
Giuliano da Sangallo22 decades - 5
Filaretenot measured- - 6
Aristotile Fioravanti20 decades - 7
Bernardo Rossellino0 decades - 8
Antonio da Sangallo the Elder10 decades - 9
Giovanni Giocondo19 decades - 10
Benedetto da Maiano22 decades - 11
Antonio Manetti22 decades - 12
Mauro Codussi6 decades - 13
Anton Pilgram15 decades - 14
Luciano Laurana0 decades - 15
Baccio Pontelli0 decades - 16
Andrea Bregno13 decades - 17
Baccio d'Agnolo22 decades - 18
Juan Guas18 decades - 19Atik Sinan0 decades
- 20
Benedikt Rejt5 decades - 21
Andrea Aleksinot measured- - 22William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithnessnot measured-
- 23
Guillem Sagrera1 decades - 24
Simón de Colonia14 decades - 25Kuai Xiang0 decades
- 26
Jörg von Halsbach0 decades - 27Luca Fancelli20 decades
- 28
Aloisio da Milanonot measured- - 29
Alessandro Leopardi0 decades - 30
Biagio Rossetti0 decades - 31
Simone del Pollaiolo0 decades - 32
Antonio Rizzo0 decades - 33
Juan de Colonianot measured- - 34
Mathes Roriczer0 decades - 35
Pere Compte0 decades - 36
Diogo de Boitaca0 decades - 37
Matěj Rejseknot measured- - 38
Lorenzo Vázquez de Segovia0 decades - 39
Giovanni Battagio1 decades - 40
Francesco Fiorentino0 decades - 41Diogo de Arrudanot measured-
- 42
Jan van Ruysbroeck0 decades - 43Giovanni Solari0 decades
- 44
Johannes Hültz0 decades - 45
Maso di Bartolomeo0 decades - 46
Matheus de Layensnot measured- - 47
Pieter Appelmansnot measured- - 48Giacomo Andrea da Ferraranot measured-
- 49Martin Chambigesnot measured-
- 50
Antonio Federighinot measured- - 51Vasili Yermolinnot measured-
- 52John Wastellnot measured-
- 53Huguetnot measured-
- 54Lorenz Lechler2 decades
- 55
Giorgio Spavento0 decades - 56
Giovanni Francesco Mormandonot measured- - 57Remigius Faesch0 decades
- 58
János Aquilanot measured- - 59
Antonio da Lonatenot measured- - 60Heinrich Beheimnot measured-
- 61Chimenti Camicianot measured-
- 62
Paolo della Stella0 decades - 63Pietro Benvenuto degli Ordininot measured-
- 64Fioravante Fioravantinot measured-
- 65Bartolomeo Bon il Giovanenot measured-
- 66Joost Massysnot 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.