Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1437?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in 1437. 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.

Died in 1437: Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor and James I of Scotland.

Events in 1437

  1. Johannes Gutenberg30–44
  2. Mehmed II5
  3. Donatello48–53
  4. Pope Alexander VI4–8
  5. François Villon5–6
  6. Vlad the Impaler5–9
  7. Pope Pius II32
  8. Leon Battista Alberti33
  9. Pope Callixtus III58
  10. Jan van Eyck44–49
  11. Jami23
  12. Pope Eugene IV53–54
  13. Pope Nicholas V38–42
  14. Louis XI14
  15. Skanderbeg32
  16. Pope Sixtus IV23
  17. Nicholas of Cusa35–36
  18. Pope Innocent VIII4–5
  19. Pope Paul II20
  20. Murad II33
  21. Ulugh Beg43
  22. Thomas à Kempis54–59
  23. Charles VII of France34
  24. Fra Angelico36–47
  25. Sejong the Great40
  26. Constantine XI Palaiologos33
  27. Henry VI of England16
  28. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor69 †
  29. Giovanni Bellini4–9
  30. Marsilio Ficino4
  31. Andrea Mantegna5–6
  32. Filippo Brunelleschi59–60
  33. Piero della Francesca21–22
  34. Prince Henry the Navigator43
  35. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor22
  36. Charles the Bold4
  37. Zeami Motokiyo71–76
  38. James I of Scotland42 †
  39. Cosimo de' Medici48
  40. Rogier van der Weyden36–47
  41. Christian I of Denmark11
  42. Lorenzo Valla29–30

Where the people alive in 1437 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in 1437. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list