Who was alive in 1454?

15 of the people we track were surely alive in 1454. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Leonardo da Vinci2
2. Christopher Columbus2–3
3. Johannes Gutenberg47–61
4. Mehmed II22
5. Sandro Botticelli6–11
6. Amerigo Vespucciborn
7. Donatello65–70
8. Alexander VI21–25
9. Isabella I of Castile3
10. François Villon22–23
11. Julius II11
12. Hieronymus Bosch1–6
13. Vlad the Impaler22–26
14. Pius II49
15. Ferdinand II of Aragon2