Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1416?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in 1416. 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 1416

  1. Joan of Arc1–6
  2. Johannes Gutenberg9–23
  3. Zheng He44–45
  4. Donatello27–32
  5. Pope Pius II11
  6. Leon Battista Alberti12
  7. Pope Callixtus III37
  8. Henry V of England30
  9. Jan van Eyck23–28
  10. Jami2
  11. Pope Eugene IV32–33
  12. Pope Nicholas V17–21
  13. Skanderbeg11
  14. Pope Sixtus IV2
  15. Nicholas of Cusa14–15
  16. Pope Martin V46–48
  17. Murad II12
  18. Christine de Pizan52
  19. Charles VI of France48
  20. Masaccio15
  21. Ulugh Beg22
  22. Thomas à Kempis33–38
  23. Charles VII of France13
  24. Fra Angelico15–26
  25. Sejong the Great19
  26. Pope Gregory XII79–83
  27. Władysław II Jagiełło53–54
  28. Constantine XI Palaiologos12
  29. Mehmed I29–30
  30. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor48
  31. Andrei Rublev46–56
  32. Filippo Brunelleschi38–39
  33. Piero della Francesca0–1
  34. Prince Henry the Navigator22
  35. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor1
  36. Zeami Motokiyo50–55
  37. James I of Scotland22
  38. Manuel II Palaiologos66
  39. Cosimo de' Medici27
  40. Rogier van der Weyden15–26
  41. Lorenzo Valla8–9

Where the people alive in 1416 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in 1416. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list