Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1408?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in 1408. 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.

Events in 1408

  1. Johannes Gutenberg1–15
  2. Zheng He36–37
  3. Donatello19–24
  4. Jan Hus28–38
  5. Pope Pius II3
  6. Leon Battista Alberti4
  7. Pope Callixtus III29
  8. Henry V of England22
  9. Jan van Eyck15–20
  10. Pope Eugene IV24–25
  11. Pope Nicholas V9–13
  12. Skanderbeg3
  13. Nicholas of Cusa6–7
  14. Pope Martin V38–40
  15. Murad II4
  16. Christine de Pizan44
  17. Charles VI of France40
  18. Masaccio7
  19. Ulugh Beg14
  20. Thomas à Kempis25–30
  21. Charles VII of France5
  22. Fra Angelico7–18
  23. Sejong the Great11
  24. Pope Gregory XII71–75
  25. Władysław II Jagiełło45–46
  26. Constantine XI Palaiologos4
  27. Henry IV of England41
  28. Mehmed I21–22
  29. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor40
  30. Andrei Rublev38–48
  31. Filippo Brunelleschi30–31
  32. Prince Henry the Navigator14
  33. Zeami Motokiyo42–47
  34. Margaret I of Denmark54–55
  35. James I of Scotland14
  36. Manuel II Palaiologos58
  37. Cosimo de' Medici19
  38. Rogier van der Weyden7–18
  39. Lorenzo Valla0–1

Where the people alive in 1408 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in 1408. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list