Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1438?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in 1438. 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 1438

  1. Johannes Gutenberg31–45
  2. Mehmed II6
  3. Donatello49–54
  4. Pope Alexander VI5–9
  5. François Villon6–7
  6. Vlad the Impaler6–10
  7. Pope Pius II33
  8. Leon Battista Alberti34
  9. Pope Callixtus III59
  10. Jan van Eyck45–50
  11. Jami24
  12. Pope Eugene IV54–55
  13. Pope Nicholas V39–43
  14. Louis XI15
  15. Skanderbeg33
  16. Pope Sixtus IV24
  17. Nicholas of Cusa36–37
  18. Pope Innocent VIII5–6
  19. Pope Paul II21
  20. Murad II34
  21. Ulugh Beg44
  22. Thomas à Kempis55–60
  23. Charles VII of France35
  24. Fra Angelico37–48
  25. Sejong the Great41
  26. Constantine XI Palaiologos34
  27. Henry VI of England17
  28. Giovanni Bellini5–10
  29. Marsilio Ficino5
  30. Andrea Mantegna6–7
  31. Filippo Brunelleschi60–61
  32. Piero della Francesca22–23
  33. Prince Henry the Navigator44
  34. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor23
  35. Andrea del Verrocchio0–5
  36. Charles the Bold5
  37. Zeami Motokiyo72–77
  38. Cosimo de' Medici49
  39. Rogier van der Weyden37–48
  40. Christian I of Denmark12
  41. Lorenzo Valla30–31

Where the people alive in 1438 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in 1438. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list