Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1397?

34 of the people we track were surely alive in 1397. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

Born in 1397: Sejong the Great.

Events in 1397

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer51–56
  2. Ibn Khaldun65
  3. Timur61
  4. Zheng He25–26
  5. Donatello8–13
  6. Jan Hus17–27
  7. Pope Callixtus III18
  8. Henry V of England11
  9. Jan van Eyck4–9
  10. Bayezid I41–45
  11. Pope Eugene IV13–14
  12. Pope Martin V27–29
  13. Christine de Pizan33
  14. Charles VI of France29
  15. Ulugh Beg3
  16. Thomas à Kempis14–19
  17. Sejong the Greatborn
  18. Pope Gregory XII60–64
  19. Władysław II Jagiełło34–35
  20. Richard II of England30
  21. Pope Innocent VII57–61
  22. Henry IV of England30
  23. Mehmed I10–11
  24. Pope Boniface IX40–41
  25. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor29
  26. Andrei Rublev27–37
  27. Filippo Brunelleschi19–20
  28. Hongwu Emperor69
  29. Prince Henry the Navigator3
  30. Zeami Motokiyo31–36
  31. Margaret I of Denmark43–44
  32. James I of Scotland3
  33. Manuel II Palaiologos47
  34. Cosimo de' Medici8

Where the people alive in 1397 were born

The 34 best known of those alive in 1397. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 34 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list