Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1409?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in 1409. 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 1409

  1. Johannes Gutenberg2–16
  2. Zheng He37–38
  3. Donatello20–25
  4. Jan Hus29–39
  5. Pope Pius II4
  6. Leon Battista Alberti5
  7. Pope Callixtus III30
  8. Henry V of England23
  9. Jan van Eyck16–21
  10. Pope Eugene IV25–26
  11. Pope Nicholas V10–14
  12. Skanderbeg4
  13. Nicholas of Cusa7–8
  14. Pope Martin V39–41
  15. Murad II5
  16. Christine de Pizan45
  17. Charles VI of France41
  18. Masaccio8
  19. Ulugh Beg15
  20. Thomas à Kempis26–31
  21. Charles VII of France6
  22. Fra Angelico8–19
  23. Sejong the Great12
  24. Pope Gregory XII72–76
  25. Władysław II Jagiełło46–47
  26. Constantine XI Palaiologos5
  27. Henry IV of England42
  28. Mehmed I22–23
  29. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor41
  30. Andrei Rublev39–49
  31. Filippo Brunelleschi31–32
  32. Prince Henry the Navigator15
  33. Zeami Motokiyo43–48
  34. Margaret I of Denmark55–56
  35. James I of Scotland15
  36. Manuel II Palaiologos59
  37. Cosimo de' Medici20
  38. Rogier van der Weyden8–19
  39. Lorenzo Valla1–2

Where the people alive in 1409 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in 1409. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list