Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1406?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in 1406. 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.

Died in 1406: Ibn Khaldun and Pope Innocent VII.

Events in 1406

  1. Ibn Khaldun73 or 74 †
  2. Zheng He34–35
  3. Donatello17–22
  4. Jan Hus26–36
  5. Pope Pius II1
  6. Leon Battista Alberti2
  7. Pope Callixtus III27
  8. Henry V of England20
  9. Jan van Eyck13–18
  10. Pope Eugene IV22–23
  11. Pope Nicholas V7–11
  12. Skanderbeg1
  13. Nicholas of Cusa4–5
  14. Pope Martin V36–38
  15. Murad II2
  16. Christine de Pizan42
  17. Charles VI of France38
  18. Masaccio5
  19. Ulugh Beg12
  20. Thomas à Kempis23–28
  21. Charles VII of France3
  22. Fra Angelico5–16
  23. Sejong the Great9
  24. Pope Gregory XII69–73
  25. Władysław II Jagiełło43–44
  26. Constantine XI Palaiologos2
  27. Pope Innocent VII†
  28. Henry IV of England39
  29. Mehmed I19–20
  30. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor38
  31. Andrei Rublev36–46
  32. Filippo Brunelleschi28–29
  33. Prince Henry the Navigator12
  34. Zeami Motokiyo40–45
  35. Margaret I of Denmark52–53
  36. James I of Scotland12
  37. Manuel II Palaiologos56
  38. Cosimo de' Medici17
  39. Rogier van der Weyden5–16

Where the people alive in 1406 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in 1406. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list