Who Was Alive
Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Jan van Eyck

Painter

Born c. 1390 · died 9 June 1441
Also known as Jean van Eick, John van Eick, Johannes van Eyck

Who was alive at the same time as Jan van Eyck?

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  5. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  6. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  7. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  8. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  9. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  10. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  11. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  12. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  13. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  14. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  15. Skanderbeg, 1405 – 1468
  16. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  17. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  18. Pope Sixtus IV, 1414 – 1484
  19. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  20. Louis XI, 1423 – 1483
  21. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  22. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  23. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  24. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481

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When Jan van Eyck died, Mehmed II was 9, François Villon was 9 or 10, Pope Pius II was 35, Leon Battista Alberti was 37 and Pope Callixtus III was 62.

Born during Jan van Eyck’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Johannes Gutenberg, Mehmed II, Pope Alexander VI, François Villon, Vlad the Impaler, Pope Pius II and Leon Battista Alberti.

Not quite contemporaries: Leonardo da Vinci was born about 11 years after Jan van Eyck died, Christopher Columbus was born about 10 years after Jan van Eyck died, Petrarch died about 14 years before Jan van Eyck was born and Giovanni Boccaccio died about 13 years before Jan van Eyck was born.

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The 68 best-known contemporaries

68 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Jan van Eyck. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1417.

  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. Timur 1336 – 1405
  6. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  7. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  8. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  9. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  10. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  11. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  12. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  13. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  14. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  15. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  16. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  17. Jami 1414 – 1492
  18. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  19. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  20. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  21. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  22. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  23. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  24. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  25. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  26. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  27. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  28. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  29. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  30. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  31. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  32. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  33. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  34. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  35. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  36. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  37. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  38. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  39. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  40. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  41. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  42. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  43. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  44. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  45. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  46. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  47. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  48. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  49. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  50. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  51. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  52. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  53. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  54. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  55. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  56. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  57. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  58. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  59. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  60. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  61. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  62. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  63. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  64. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  65. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  66. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  67. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  68. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457