Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1436?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in 1436. 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 1436

  1. Johannes Gutenberg29–43
  2. Mehmed II4
  3. Donatello47–52
  4. Pope Alexander VI3–7
  5. François Villon4–5
  6. Vlad the Impaler4–8
  7. Pope Pius II31
  8. Leon Battista Alberti32
  9. Pope Callixtus III57
  10. Jan van Eyck43–48
  11. Jami22
  12. Pope Eugene IV52–53
  13. Pope Nicholas V37–41
  14. Louis XI13
  15. Skanderbeg31
  16. Pope Sixtus IV22
  17. Nicholas of Cusa34–35
  18. Pope Innocent VIII3–4
  19. Pope Paul II19
  20. Murad II32
  21. Ulugh Beg42
  22. Thomas à Kempis53–58
  23. Charles VII of France33
  24. Fra Angelico35–46
  25. Sejong the Great39
  26. Constantine XI Palaiologos32
  27. Henry VI of England15
  28. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor68
  29. Giovanni Bellini3–8
  30. Marsilio Ficino3
  31. Andrea Mantegna4–5
  32. Filippo Brunelleschi58–59
  33. Piero della Francesca20–21
  34. Prince Henry the Navigator42
  35. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor21
  36. Charles the Bold3
  37. Zeami Motokiyo70–75
  38. James I of Scotland42
  39. Cosimo de' Medici47
  40. Rogier van der Weyden35–46
  41. Christian I of Denmark10
  42. Lorenzo Valla28–29

Where the people alive in 1436 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in 1436. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list