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Filippo Brunelleschi
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Filippo Brunelleschi

Italian architect and sculptor

Born 1377 · died 15 April 1446, aged 68 or 69
Also known as Brunellesco, Filippo di Ser Brunelleschi, Filippo Brunellesco

Who was alive at the same time as Filippo Brunelleschi?

  1. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  2. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  3. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  4. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  5. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  6. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  7. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377 – 1446
  9. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  10. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  11. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  12. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  13. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  14. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  15. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  16. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  17. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  18. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  19. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  20. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  21. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  22. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  23. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  24. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Filippo Brunelleschi was born, Timur was 40 or 41, Zheng He was 5 or 6, Catherine of Siena was 29 or 30, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 60 or 61 and Christine de Pizan was 12 or 13.

When Filippo Brunelleschi died, Mehmed II was 14, François Villon was 14 or 15, Pope Julius II was 2, Pope Pius II was 40 and Leon Battista Alberti was 42.

Born during Filippo Brunelleschi’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Johannes Gutenberg, Mehmed II, Donatello, Pope Alexander VI, François Villon, Pope Julius II and Vlad the Impaler.

Not quite contemporaries: Leonardo da Vinci was born about 6 years after Filippo Brunelleschi died, Christopher Columbus was born about 5 years after Filippo Brunelleschi died, Vasco da Gama was born about 12 years after Filippo Brunelleschi died and Ibn Battuta died about 6 years before Filippo Brunelleschi was born.

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The 81 best-known contemporaries

81 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Filippo Brunelleschi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1412.

  1. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  2. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  9. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  10. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  11. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  12. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  13. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  14. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  15. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  16. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  17. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  18. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  19. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  20. Jami 1414 – 1492
  21. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  22. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  23. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  24. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  25. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  26. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  27. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  28. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  29. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  30. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  31. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  32. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  33. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  34. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  35. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  36. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  37. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  38. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  39. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  40. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  41. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  42. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  43. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  44. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  45. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  46. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  47. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  48. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  49. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  50. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  51. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  52. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  53. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  54. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  55. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  56. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  57. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  58. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  59. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  60. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  61. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  62. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  63. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  64. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  65. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  66. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  67. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  68. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  69. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  70. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  71. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  72. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  73. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  74. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  75. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  76. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  77. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  78. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  79. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  80. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  81. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457