Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1450?

49 of the people we track were surely alive in 1450. 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 1450: Sejong the Great.

Events in 1450

  1. Johannes Gutenberg43–57
  2. Mehmed II18
  3. Sandro Botticelli2–7
  4. Donatello61–66
  5. Pope Alexander VI17–21
  6. François Villon18–19
  7. Pope Julius II7
  8. Vlad the Impaler18–22
  9. Pope Pius II45
  10. Leon Battista Alberti46
  11. Pope Callixtus III71
  12. Jami36
  13. Lorenzo de' Medici1
  14. Pope Nicholas V51–55
  15. Louis XI27
  16. Skanderbeg45
  17. Pope Sixtus IV36
  18. Nicholas of Cusa48–49
  19. Pope Innocent VIII17–18
  20. Pope Paul II33
  21. Murad II46
  22. Pope Pius III11
  23. Bayezid II3
  24. Thomas à Kempis67–72
  25. Charles VII of France47
  26. Fra Angelico49–60
  27. Sejong the Great52 †
  28. Edward IV8
  29. Constantine XI Palaiologos46
  30. Henry VI of England29
  31. Donato Bramante6
  32. Giovanni Bellini17–22
  33. Matthias Corvinus7
  34. Domenico Ghirlandaio2
  35. Marsilio Ficino17
  36. Ivan III of Russia10
  37. Andrea Mantegna18–19
  38. Luca Pacioli0–10
  39. Ali-Shir Nava'i9
  40. Piero della Francesca34–35
  41. Prince Henry the Navigator56
  42. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor35
  43. Andrea del Verrocchio12–17
  44. Charles the Bold17
  45. Pietro Perugino1–2
  46. Cosimo de' Medici61
  47. Rogier van der Weyden49–60
  48. Christian I of Denmark24
  49. Lorenzo Valla42–43

Where the people alive in 1450 were born

The 49 best known of those alive in 1450. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (49 of 49 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list