Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1448?

47 of the people we track were surely alive in 1448. 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 1448: Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Events in 1448

  1. Johannes Gutenberg41–55
  2. Mehmed II16
  3. Sandro Botticelli0–5
  4. Donatello59–64
  5. Pope Alexander VI15–19
  6. François Villon16–17
  7. Pope Julius II5
  8. Vlad the Impaler16–20
  9. Pope Pius II43
  10. Leon Battista Alberti44
  11. Pope Callixtus III69
  12. Jami34
  13. Pope Nicholas V49–53
  14. Louis XI25
  15. Skanderbeg43
  16. Pope Sixtus IV34
  17. Nicholas of Cusa46–47
  18. Pope Innocent VIII15–16
  19. Pope Paul II31
  20. Murad II44
  21. Pope Pius III9
  22. Ulugh Beg54
  23. Bayezid II1
  24. Thomas à Kempis65–70
  25. Charles VII of France45
  26. Fra Angelico47–58
  27. Sejong the Great51
  28. Edward IV6
  29. Constantine XI Palaiologos44
  30. Henry VI of England27
  31. Donato Bramante4
  32. Giovanni Bellini15–20
  33. Matthias Corvinus5
  34. Domenico Ghirlandaioborn
  35. Marsilio Ficino15
  36. Ivan III of Russia8
  37. Andrea Mantegna16–17
  38. Ali-Shir Nava'i7
  39. Piero della Francesca32–33
  40. Prince Henry the Navigator54
  41. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor33
  42. Andrea del Verrocchio10–15
  43. Charles the Bold15
  44. Cosimo de' Medici59
  45. Rogier van der Weyden47–58
  46. Christian I of Denmark22
  47. Lorenzo Valla40–41

Where the people alive in 1448 were born

The 47 best known of those alive in 1448. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (47 of 47 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list