Who Was Alive
John Wycliffe
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John Wycliffe

English theologian

Born 1320s · died 31 December 1384
Also known as John Wyclyf, Johann von Wyclif, Johann von Wiclif

Who was alive at the same time as John Wycliffe?

  1. Pope John XXII, 1244 – 1334
  2. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  3. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  4. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  5. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  9. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  10. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  11. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  12. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  13. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  14. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  15. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  16. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  17. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  18. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  19. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  20. Charles VI of France, 1368 – 1422
  21. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  22. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  23. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  24. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447

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When John Wycliffe died, Ibn Khaldun was 52 or 53, Timur was 48, Zheng He was 13, Pope Callixtus III was 5 and Pope Eugene IV was 1.

Born during John Wycliffe’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun, Timur, Zheng He, Jan Hus, Pope Callixtus III, Bayezid I and Pope Eugene IV.

Not quite contemporaries: Johannes Gutenberg was born about 8 years after John Wycliffe died, William Wallace died about 15 years before John Wycliffe was born, Edward I died about 13 years before John Wycliffe was born and Henry V of England was born about a year after John Wycliffe died.

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Where John Wycliffe’s contemporaries were born

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The 51 best-known contemporaries

51 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as John Wycliffe. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1358.

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  2. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  10. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  11. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  12. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  13. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  14. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  15. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  16. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  17. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  18. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  19. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  20. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  21. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  22. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  23. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  24. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  25. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  26. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  27. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  28. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  29. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  30. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  31. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  32. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  33. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  34. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  35. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  36. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  37. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  38. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  39. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  40. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  41. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  42. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  43. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  44. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  45. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  46. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  47. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  48. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  49. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  50. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  51. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370