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Masaccio
Masaccio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Masaccio

Italian painter

Born 21 December 1401 · died 1428, aged 26 or 27
Also known as Mazachcho, Mazzacio, Massacio

Who was alive at the same time as Masaccio?

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  3. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  4. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  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. Nicholas of Cusa, 1401 – 1464
  15. Masaccio, 1401 – 1428
  16. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  17. Murad II, 1404 – 1451
  18. Skanderbeg, 1405 – 1468
  19. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  20. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  21. Pope Sixtus IV, 1414 – 1484
  22. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  23. Pope Paul II, 1417 – 1471
  24. Louis XI, 1423 – 1483

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When Masaccio was born, Ibn Khaldun was 68 or 69, Timur was 65, Zheng He was 29 or 30, Pope Callixtus III was 22 and Henry V of England was 15.

When Masaccio died, Pope Pius II was 22 or 23, Leon Battista Alberti was 23 or 24, Pope Callixtus III was 48 or 49, Jami was 13 or 14 and Louis XI was 4 or 5.

Born during Masaccio’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Pope Pius II, Leon Battista Alberti, Jami, Louis XI, Skanderbeg, Pope Sixtus IV and Pope Paul II.

Not quite contemporaries: Hafez died about 10 years before Masaccio was born, Mehmed II was born about 4 years after Masaccio died, Sandro Botticelli was born about 15 years after Masaccio died and Pope Alexander VI was born about a year after Masaccio died.

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Where Masaccio’s contemporaries were born

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The 52 best-known contemporaries

52 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Masaccio. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1415.

  1. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  2. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Timur 1336 – 1405
  5. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  6. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  7. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  8. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  9. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  10. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  11. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  12. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  13. Jami 1414 – 1492
  14. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  15. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  16. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  17. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  18. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  19. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  20. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  21. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  22. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  23. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  24. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  25. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  26. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  27. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  28. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  29. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  30. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  31. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  32. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  33. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  34. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  35. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  36. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  37. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  38. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  39. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  40. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  41. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  42. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  43. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  44. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  45. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  46. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  47. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  48. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  49. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  50. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  51. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  52. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457