Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1439?

42 of the people we track were surely alive in 1439. 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 1439: Pope Pius III.

Events in 1439

  1. Johannes Gutenberg32–46
  2. Mehmed II7
  3. Donatello50–55
  4. Pope Alexander VI6–10
  5. François Villon7–8
  6. Vlad the Impaler7–11
  7. Pope Pius II34
  8. Leon Battista Alberti35
  9. Pope Callixtus III60
  10. Jan van Eyck46–51
  11. Jami25
  12. Pope Eugene IV55–56
  13. Pope Nicholas V40–44
  14. Louis XI16
  15. Skanderbeg34
  16. Pope Sixtus IV25
  17. Nicholas of Cusa37–38
  18. Pope Innocent VIII6–7
  19. Pope Paul II22
  20. Murad II35
  21. Pope Pius IIIborn
  22. Ulugh Beg45
  23. Thomas à Kempis56–61
  24. Charles VII of France36
  25. Fra Angelico38–49
  26. Sejong the Great42
  27. Constantine XI Palaiologos35
  28. Henry VI of England18
  29. Giovanni Bellini6–11
  30. Marsilio Ficino6
  31. Andrea Mantegna7–8
  32. Filippo Brunelleschi61–62
  33. Piero della Francesca23–24
  34. Prince Henry the Navigator45
  35. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor24
  36. Andrea del Verrocchio1–6
  37. Charles the Bold6
  38. Zeami Motokiyo73–78
  39. Cosimo de' Medici50
  40. Rogier van der Weyden38–49
  41. Christian I of Denmark13
  42. Lorenzo Valla31–32

Where the people alive in 1439 were born

The 42 best known of those alive in 1439. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (42 of 42 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list