Who Was Alive

Were Zheng He and Joan of Arc alive at the same time?

Yes. Zheng He and Joan of Arc were alive at the same time, from c. 1412 to 1431.

Zheng He was 59 or 60 when Joan of Arc died.

Zheng He

Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat

Born 1371 · died 1433–1435

Joan of Arc

French folk heroine (1412–1431), military leader who crowned Charles VII and Roman Catholic saint, canonized 500 years after her death

Born c. 1412 · died 30 May 1431

  1. Hafez
  2. Ibn Khaldun
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer
  4. Jan Hus
  5. Zheng He
  6. Donatello
  7. Johannes Gutenberg
  8. Pius II
  9. Joan of Arc
Zheng He and Joan of Arc in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.