Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1449?

49 of the people we track were surely alive in 1449. 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 1449: Lorenzo de' Medici.

Died in 1449: Ulugh Beg.

Events in 1449

  1. Johannes Gutenberg42–56
  2. Mehmed II17
  3. Sandro Botticelli1–6
  4. Donatello60–65
  5. Pope Alexander VI16–20
  6. François Villon17–18
  7. Pope Julius II6
  8. Vlad the Impaler17–21
  9. Pope Pius II44
  10. Leon Battista Alberti45
  11. Pope Callixtus III70
  12. Jami35
  13. Lorenzo de' Mediciborn
  14. Pope Nicholas V50–54
  15. Louis XI26
  16. Skanderbeg44
  17. Pope Sixtus IV35
  18. Nicholas of Cusa47–48
  19. Pope Innocent VIII16–17
  20. Pope Paul II32
  21. Murad II45
  22. Pope Pius III10
  23. Ulugh Beg55 †
  24. Bayezid II2
  25. Thomas à Kempis66–71
  26. Charles VII of France46
  27. Fra Angelico48–59
  28. Sejong the Great52
  29. Edward IV7
  30. Constantine XI Palaiologos45
  31. Henry VI of England28
  32. Donato Bramante5
  33. Giovanni Bellini16–21
  34. Matthias Corvinus6
  35. Domenico Ghirlandaio1
  36. Marsilio Ficino16
  37. Ivan III of Russia9
  38. Andrea Mantegna17–18
  39. Ali-Shir Nava'i8
  40. Piero della Francesca33–34
  41. Prince Henry the Navigator55
  42. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor34
  43. Andrea del Verrocchio11–16
  44. Charles the Bold16
  45. Pietro Perugino0–1
  46. Cosimo de' Medici60
  47. Rogier van der Weyden48–59
  48. Christian I of Denmark23
  49. Lorenzo Valla41–42

Where the people alive in 1449 were born

The 49 best known of those alive in 1449. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (49 of 49 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list