Who Was Alive
Murad II
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Murad II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born June 1404 · died 3 February 1451, aged 46
Also known as Murad II Kodja

Who was alive at the same time as Murad II?

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  3. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  4. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  5. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  6. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  7. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  8. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  9. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  10. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  11. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  12. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  13. Murad II, 1404 – 1451
  14. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  15. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  16. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  17. Louis XI, 1423 – 1483
  18. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  19. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  20. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  21. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  22. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  23. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  24. Lorenzo de' Medici, 1449 – 1492

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When Murad II was born, Ibn Khaldun was 71 or 72, Timur was 68, Zheng He was 32 or 33, Leon Battista Alberti was under a year old and Pope Callixtus III was 25.

When Murad II died, Mehmed II was 18, François Villon was 19 or 20, Pope Julius II was 7, Pope Pius II was 45 and Leon Battista Alberti was 46.

Born during Murad II’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Mehmed II, Sandro Botticelli, Pope Alexander VI, François Villon, Pope Julius II, Vlad the Impaler and Pope Pius II.

Not quite contemporaries: Leonardo da Vinci was born about a year after Murad II died, Vasco da Gama was born about 7 years after Murad II died, Geoffrey Chaucer died about 2 years before Murad II was born and Hafez died about 13 years before Murad II was born.

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Where Murad II’s contemporaries were born

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The 74 best-known contemporaries

74 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Murad II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1428.

  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. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  7. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  8. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  9. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  10. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  11. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  12. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  13. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  14. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  15. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  16. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  17. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  18. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  19. Jami 1414 – 1492
  20. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  21. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  22. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  23. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  24. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  25. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  26. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  27. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  28. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  29. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  30. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  31. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  32. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  33. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  34. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  35. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  36. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  37. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  38. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  39. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  40. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  41. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  42. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  43. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  44. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  45. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  46. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  47. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  48. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  49. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  50. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  51. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  52. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  53. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  54. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  55. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  56. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  57. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  58. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  59. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  60. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  61. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  62. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  63. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  64. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  65. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  66. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  67. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  68. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  69. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  70. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  71. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  72. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  73. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  74. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457