Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1420?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in 1420. 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 1420

  1. Joan of Arc5–10
  2. Johannes Gutenberg13–27
  3. Zheng He48–49
  4. Donatello31–36
  5. Pope Pius II15
  6. Leon Battista Alberti16
  7. Pope Callixtus III41
  8. Henry V of England34
  9. Jan van Eyck27–32
  10. Jami6
  11. Pope Eugene IV36–37
  12. Pope Nicholas V21–25
  13. Skanderbeg15
  14. Pope Sixtus IV6
  15. Nicholas of Cusa18–19
  16. Pope Paul II3
  17. Pope Martin V50–52
  18. Murad II16
  19. Christine de Pizan56
  20. Charles VI of France52
  21. Masaccio19
  22. Ulugh Beg26
  23. Thomas à Kempis37–42
  24. Charles VII of France17
  25. Fra Angelico19–30
  26. Sejong the Great23
  27. Władysław II Jagiełło57–58
  28. Constantine XI Palaiologos16
  29. Mehmed I33–34
  30. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor52
  31. Andrei Rublev50–60
  32. Filippo Brunelleschi42–43
  33. Piero della Francesca4–5
  34. Prince Henry the Navigator26
  35. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor5
  36. Zeami Motokiyo54–59
  37. James I of Scotland26
  38. Manuel II Palaiologos70
  39. Cosimo de' Medici31
  40. Rogier van der Weyden19–30
  41. Lorenzo Valla12–13

Where the people alive in 1420 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in 1420. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list