Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1401?

35 of the people we track were surely alive in 1401. 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 1401: Masaccio.

Events in 1401

  1. Ibn Khaldun69
  2. Timur65
  3. Zheng He29–30
  4. Donatello12–17
  5. Jan Hus21–31
  6. Pope Callixtus III22
  7. Henry V of England15
  8. Jan van Eyck8–13
  9. Bayezid I45–49
  10. Pope Eugene IV17–18
  11. Pope Nicholas V2–6
  12. Pope Martin V31–33
  13. Christine de Pizan37
  14. Charles VI of France33
  15. Masaccioborn
  16. Ulugh Beg7
  17. Thomas à Kempis18–23
  18. Fra Angelico0–11
  19. Sejong the Great4
  20. Pope Gregory XII64–68
  21. Władysław II Jagiełło38–39
  22. Pope Innocent VII61–65
  23. Henry IV of England34
  24. Mehmed I14–15
  25. Pope Boniface IX44–45
  26. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor33
  27. Andrei Rublev31–41
  28. Filippo Brunelleschi23–24
  29. Prince Henry the Navigator7
  30. Zeami Motokiyo35–40
  31. Margaret I of Denmark47–48
  32. James I of Scotland7
  33. Manuel II Palaiologos51
  34. Cosimo de' Medici12
  35. Rogier van der Weyden0–11

Where the people alive in 1401 were born

The 35 best known of those alive in 1401. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (35 of 35 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list