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Rogier van der Weyden
Attributed to Johannes Wierix, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rogier van der Weyden

Painter

Born 1390–1400 · died 16–18 June 1464
Also known as Roger de la Pasture, Rogir Fan der Veĭden, Rogier De La Pasture Weyden

Who was alive at the same time as Rogier van der Weyden?

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  3. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  4. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  5. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  6. Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1396 – 1464
  7. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  8. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  9. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  10. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  11. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  12. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  13. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  14. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  15. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  16. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  17. Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450 – 1516
  18. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  19. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  20. Ferdinand II of Aragon, 1452 – 1516
  21. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  22. Richard III of England, 1452 – 1485
  23. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  24. Pope Adrian VI, 1459 – 1523

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When Rogier van der Weyden died, Leonardo da Vinci was 12, Christopher Columbus was 12 or 13, Mehmed II was 32, Amerigo Vespucci was 10 and Isabella I of Castile was 13.

Born during Rogier van der Weyden’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Joan of Arc, Mehmed II, Sandro Botticelli, Amerigo Vespucci, Pope Alexander VI and Isabella I of Castile.

Not quite contemporaries: Michelangelo was born about 11 years after Rogier van der Weyden died, Niccolò Machiavelli was born about 5 years after Rogier van der Weyden died, Nicolaus Copernicus was born about 9 years after Rogier van der Weyden died and Ferdinand Magellan was born about 14 years after Rogier van der Weyden died.

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The 91 best-known contemporaries

91 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Rogier van der Weyden. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1433.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  3. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  4. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  9. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  10. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  11. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  12. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  13. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  14. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  15. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  16. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  17. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  18. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  19. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  20. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  21. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  22. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  23. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  24. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  25. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  26. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  27. Jami 1414 – 1492
  28. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  29. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  30. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  31. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  32. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  33. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  34. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  35. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  36. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  37. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  38. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  39. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  40. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  41. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  42. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  43. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  44. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  45. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  46. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  47. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  48. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  49. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  50. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  51. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  52. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  53. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  54. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  55. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  56. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  57. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  58. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  59. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  60. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  61. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  62. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  63. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  64. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  65. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  66. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  67. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  68. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  69. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  70. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  71. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  72. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  73. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  74. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  75. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  76. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  77. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  78. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  79. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  80. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  81. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  82. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  83. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  84. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  85. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  86. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  87. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  88. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  89. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  90. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  91. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457