← 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- - 26
Huitzilihuitlnot measured- - 27Sikandar Butshikan0 decades
- 28
Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburgnot measured- - 29
Andronikos V Palaiologosnot measured- - 30Pir Muhammad6 decades
- 31
Nasir-ad-Din Farajnot measured- - 32
Mahmud Shah13 decades - 33
Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara0 decades - 34
Christopher I, Margrave of Baden19 decades - 35
Ilona Szilágyinot measured- - 36Boniface IIInot measured-
- 37John III, Burgrave of Nurembergnot measured-
- 38Muhammed VIII, Sultan of Granadanot measured-
- 39
Lucrezia Buti0 decades - 40
Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hessenot measured- - 41
Borso d'Estenot measured- - 42
Al-Salih Hajjinot measured- - 43
Ewuarenot measured- - 44
Bernard II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured- - 45Sigismund, Margrave of Bayreuthnot measured-
- 46
William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenbergnot measured- - 47
Dan III Daniculnot measured- - 48Henry IX of Lubinnot measured-
- 49Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargardnot measured-
- 50Rupert II of Lubinnot measured-
- 51Konrad X the Whitenot measured-
- 52Qasim I of Astrakhannot measured-
- 53
Ginevra de' Benci0 decades - 54Albert, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg0 decades
- 55Ludovico I, Marquess of Saluzzo0 decades
- 56Konrad IX the Blacknot measured-
- 57Abu Abdallah IVnot measured-
- 58Wenceslaus III of Oławanot measured-
- 59Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargardnot measured-
- 60
Anna of Sagannot measured- - 61Henry X of Haynaunot measured-
- 62
Carlo II Manfredinot measured- - 63
Otto II, Margrave of Baden-Hachbergnot measured- - 64
Hugo, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenbergnot measured- - 65
Rupert, Count Palatine of Simmernnot measured- - 66Henry of Saxony22 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.