Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1405?

40 of the people we track were surely alive in 1405. 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 1405: Pope Pius II and Skanderbeg.

Died in 1405: Timur.

Events in 1405

  1. Ibn Khaldun73
  2. Timur68 †
  3. Zheng He33–34
  4. Donatello16–21
  5. Jan Hus25–35
  6. Pope Pius IIborn
  7. Leon Battista Alberti1
  8. Pope Callixtus III26
  9. Henry V of England19
  10. Jan van Eyck12–17
  11. Pope Eugene IV21–22
  12. Pope Nicholas V6–10
  13. Skanderbegborn
  14. Nicholas of Cusa3–4
  15. Pope Martin V35–37
  16. Murad II1
  17. Christine de Pizan41
  18. Charles VI of France37
  19. Masaccio4
  20. Ulugh Beg11
  21. Thomas à Kempis22–27
  22. Charles VII of France2
  23. Fra Angelico4–15
  24. Sejong the Great8
  25. Pope Gregory XII68–72
  26. Władysław II Jagiełło42–43
  27. Constantine XI Palaiologos1
  28. Pope Innocent VII65–69
  29. Henry IV of England38
  30. Mehmed I18–19
  31. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor37
  32. Andrei Rublev35–45
  33. Filippo Brunelleschi27–28
  34. Prince Henry the Navigator11
  35. Zeami Motokiyo39–44
  36. Margaret I of Denmark51–52
  37. James I of Scotland11
  38. Manuel II Palaiologos55
  39. Cosimo de' Medici16
  40. Rogier van der Weyden4–15

Where the people alive in 1405 were born

The 40 best known of those alive in 1405. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (40 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list