Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1415?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in 1415. 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 1415: Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.

Died in 1415: Jan Hus.

Events in 1415

  1. Joan of Arc0–5
  2. Johannes Gutenberg8–22
  3. Zheng He43–44
  4. Donatello26–31
  5. Jan Hus†
  6. Pope Pius II10
  7. Leon Battista Alberti11
  8. Pope Callixtus III36
  9. Henry V of England29
  10. Jan van Eyck22–27
  11. Jami1
  12. Pope Eugene IV31–32
  13. Pope Nicholas V16–20
  14. Skanderbeg10
  15. Pope Sixtus IV1
  16. Nicholas of Cusa13–14
  17. Pope Martin V45–47
  18. Murad II11
  19. Christine de Pizan51
  20. Charles VI of France47
  21. Masaccio14
  22. Ulugh Beg21
  23. Thomas à Kempis32–37
  24. Charles VII of France12
  25. Fra Angelico14–25
  26. Sejong the Great18
  27. Pope Gregory XII78–82
  28. Władysław II Jagiełło52–53
  29. Constantine XI Palaiologos11
  30. Mehmed I28–29
  31. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor47
  32. Andrei Rublev45–55
  33. Filippo Brunelleschi37–38
  34. Prince Henry the Navigator21
  35. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperorborn
  36. Zeami Motokiyo49–54
  37. James I of Scotland21
  38. Manuel II Palaiologos65
  39. Cosimo de' Medici26
  40. Rogier van der Weyden14–25
  41. Lorenzo Valla7–8

Where the people alive in 1415 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in 1415. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list