Who was alive in 1330?

551 well-known people were alive in 1330, including Ibn Battuta, Hafez, Petrarch. Here are the 80 most notable:

Ibn Battuta (1304–1368) — 14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
Hafez (1325–1389) — Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)
Petrarch (1304–1374) — Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) — Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
Giotto (1267–1337) — Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
William of Ockham (1287–1349) — English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
Orhan (1281–1362) — second Ottoman Sultan (r. ca. 1324–1362)
Edward III of England (1312–1377) — King of England from 1327 to 1377
Mansa Musa (1280–1337) — 14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire
Charles IV (1316–1378) — Holy Roman Emperor
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) — English theologian and dissident in the Roman Catholic Church
Urban V (1310–1370) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370
John XXII (1244–1334) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334
Gregory XI (1330–1378) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1370 to 1378
Murad I (1326–1389) — third Ottoman sultan (1362–1389)
Benedict XII (1280–1342) — pope of the Catholic Church 1334–1342
Innocent VI (1285–1362) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1353 to 1362
Urban VI (1318–1389) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1389 (1318–1389)
Clement VI (1291–1352) — Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352)
Philip VI of France (1293–1350) — King of France from 1328 to 1350
John II of France (1319–1364) — monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death
Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) — founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373) — Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)
Edward, the Black Prince (1330–1376) — Prince of Wales (1330-1376)
Casimir III the Great (1310–1370) — King of Poland from 1333 to 1370
David II of Scotland (1324–1371) — King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371
Louis IV of Bavaria (1282–1347) — Duke of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor
Ivan I of Moscow (1288–1340) — Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir
Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377) — Medieval French composer and poet (c. 1300–1377)
Louis I of Hungary (1326–1382) — King of Hungary, Poland and Croatia
John VI Kantakouzenos (1292–1383) — Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)
Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259–1332) — Byzantine Emperor from 1282 to 1328
Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297–1341) — Byzantine emperor (r. 1328–1341)
John of Bohemia (1296–1346) — king of Bohemia
Robert II of Scotland (1316–1390) — King of Scots from 1371 to his death as the first monarch of the House of Stewart
Simone Martini (1284–1344) — Italian painter
Isabella of France (1296–1358) — Queen consort of England
Gediminas (1275–1341) — Grand Duke of Lithuania (1316-1341)
Afonso IV of Portugal (1291–1357) — King of Portugal
Robert III of Scotland (1330–1406) — King of Scotland
Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260–1333) — King of Poland (1260-1333)
Jean Buridan (1295–1358) — medieval philosopher (ca. 1300-1358)
Gregory Palamas (1296–1359) — 14th century Byzantine Greek cleric and theologian
Ibn Kathir (1301–1373) — Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)
Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342) — King of Hungary
Stefan Dušan (1308–1355) — emperor of Serbia 1331–1355
Peter I of Portugal (1320–1367) — King of Portugal from 1357 to 1367
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290–1348) — Italian painter (1290-1348)
Nicole Oresme (1320–1382) — 14th century French philosopher and bishop
Ivan II of Moscow (1326–1359) — Grand Prince of Moscow (1326-1359)
Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (1311–1350) — King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1312 to 1350
Toghon Temür (1320–1370) — Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370
Philippa of Hainault (1310–1369) — queen consort of King Edward III of England
Benedict XIII (1328–1423) — cardinal, antipope from 1394 to 1423 (1328-1423)
Elizabeth of Aragon (1271–1336) — Queen of Portugal (1271-1336)
Abulfeda (1273–1331) — geographer and leader (1273–1331)
Öz Beg Khan (1283–1341) — Khan of the Golden Horde
Sergius of Radonezh (1322–1392) — Russian saint (1314-1392)
Pietro Lorenzetti (1280–1348) — Italian painter (c. 1280–1348)
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292–1350) — Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer (1292-1350)
Muhammad ibn Tughluq (1297–1351) — 18th Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate and 2nd from the Tughluq dynasty
Simeon of Moscow (1316–1353) — Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1316-1353)
Algirdas (1296–1377) — Grand Duke of Lithuania (1345–1377)
Joan II of Navarre (1311–1349) — Queen of Navarre (1328-1349)
Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320–1375) — King of Denmark
Marsilius of Padua (1275–1342) — Italian philosopher (1275–1342)
Joanna I of Naples (1326–1382) — Queen of Naples (1326-1382)
Peter IV of Aragon (1319–1387) — king of Aragon
Lazar Hrebeljanović (1329–1389) — Medieval Serbian ruler
Go-Daigo (1288–1339) — 96th emperor of Japan (r. 1318–1339)
Magnus IV of Sweden (1316–1374) — King of Sweden and Norway (1316–1374)
Nicholas V (1275–1333) — antipope in Rome 1328-1330 during Avignon papcy (1258-1333)
Robert, King of Naples (1277–1343) — King of Naples (1276–1343)
Andrea Pisano (1290–1348) — 14th century Italian sculptor and architect (1290–1348)
Joan of Burgundy (1293–1349) — Queen consort of France as the first wife of Philip VI
Peter Parler (1330–1399) — German-Czech architect (1330–1399)
Christopher II of Denmark (1276–1332) — King of Denmark
Yoshida Kenkō (1283–1350) — Japanese writer
Basarab I of Wallachia (1270–1352) — Ruler of Wallachia
Frederick III of Sicily (1272–1337) — King of Sicily from 1295 to 1337

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