← 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
Vlad the Impaler3 decades - 2
Isabella I of Castile19 decades - 3
Ferdinand II of Aragon14 decades - 4
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 5
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperornot measured- - 6
John II of Aragonnot measured- - 7
Ladislaus the Posthumous12 decades - 8Taejong of Joseonnot measured-
- 9
Jianwen Emperor0 decades - 10
Vladislaus II of Hungarynot measured- - 11
Frederick III, Elector of Saxonynot measured- - 12
Emperor Yingzong of Mingnot measured- - 13
Hongxi Emperor0 decades - 14
Blanche I of Navarre0 decades - 15
Gian Galeazzo Sforza20 decades - 16
Jingtai Emperornot measured- - 17
Leonor I of Navarrenot measured- - 18
Charles, Prince of Viana22 decades - 19
Go-Tsuchimikado0 decades - 20
Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburgnot measured- - 21
Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburgnot measured- - 22
Husayn Bayqarah0 decades - 23
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrânnot measured- - 24
Badi' al-Zaman Mirzanot measured- - 25
Alexios IV of Trebizondnot 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.