Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1417?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in 1417. 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 1417: Pope Paul II.

Died in 1417: Pope Gregory XII.

Events in 1417

  1. Joan of Arc2–7
  2. Johannes Gutenberg10–24
  3. Zheng He45–46
  4. Donatello28–33
  5. Pope Pius II12
  6. Leon Battista Alberti13
  7. Pope Callixtus III38
  8. Henry V of England31
  9. Jan van Eyck24–29
  10. Jami3
  11. Pope Eugene IV33–34
  12. Pope Nicholas V18–22
  13. Skanderbeg12
  14. Pope Sixtus IV3
  15. Nicholas of Cusa15–16
  16. Pope Paul IIborn
  17. Pope Martin V47–49
  18. Murad II13
  19. Christine de Pizan53
  20. Charles VI of France49
  21. Masaccio16
  22. Ulugh Beg23
  23. Thomas à Kempis34–39
  24. Charles VII of France14
  25. Fra Angelico16–27
  26. Sejong the Great20
  27. Pope Gregory XII†
  28. Władysław II Jagiełło54–55
  29. Constantine XI Palaiologos13
  30. Mehmed I30–31
  31. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor49
  32. Andrei Rublev47–57
  33. Filippo Brunelleschi39–40
  34. Piero della Francesca1–2
  35. Prince Henry the Navigator23
  36. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor2
  37. Zeami Motokiyo51–56
  38. James I of Scotland23
  39. Manuel II Palaiologos67
  40. Cosimo de' Medici28
  41. Rogier van der Weyden16–27
  42. Lorenzo Valla9–10

Where the people alive in 1417 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in 1417. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list