Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1421?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in 1421. 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 1421: Henry VI of England.

Died in 1421: Mehmed I.

Events in 1421

  1. Joan of Arc6–11
  2. Johannes Gutenberg14–28
  3. Zheng He49–50
  4. Donatello32–37
  5. Pope Pius II16
  6. Leon Battista Alberti17
  7. Pope Callixtus III42
  8. Henry V of England35
  9. Jan van Eyck28–33
  10. Jami7
  11. Pope Eugene IV37–38
  12. Pope Nicholas V22–26
  13. Skanderbeg16
  14. Pope Sixtus IV7
  15. Nicholas of Cusa19–20
  16. Pope Paul II4
  17. Pope Martin V51–53
  18. Murad II17
  19. Christine de Pizan57
  20. Charles VI of France53
  21. Masaccio20
  22. Ulugh Beg27
  23. Thomas à Kempis38–43
  24. Charles VII of France18
  25. Fra Angelico20–31
  26. Sejong the Great24
  27. Władysław II Jagiełło58–59
  28. Constantine XI Palaiologos17
  29. Henry VI of Englandborn
  30. Mehmed I34 or 35 †
  31. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor53
  32. Andrei Rublev51–61
  33. Filippo Brunelleschi43–44
  34. Piero della Francesca5–6
  35. Prince Henry the Navigator27
  36. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor6
  37. Zeami Motokiyo55–60
  38. James I of Scotland27
  39. Manuel II Palaiologos71
  40. Cosimo de' Medici32
  41. Rogier van der Weyden20–31
  42. Lorenzo Valla13–14

Where the people alive in 1421 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in 1421. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list