Who was alive in 1370?

574 well-known people were alive in 1370, including Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun, Hafez. Here are the 80 most notable:

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) — 14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) — Arab historiographer and historian
Hafez (1325–1389) — Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)
Petrarch (1304–1374) — Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
Timur (1336–1405) — the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) — Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
Jan Hus (1370–1415) — Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
Edward III of England (1312–1377) — King of England from 1327 to 1377
Bayezid I (1354–1403) — fourth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1389–1402)
Charles IV (1316–1378) — Holy Roman Emperor
Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) — Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) — English theologian and dissident in the Roman Catholic Church
Christine de Pizan (1364–1430) — French poet and author (1364 – c. 1430)
Martin V (1368–1431) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1417 to 1431
Urban V (1310–1370) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370
Charles VI of France (1368–1422) — King of France from 1380 to 1422 (1368–1422)
Gregory XI (1330–1378) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1370 to 1378
Murad I (1326–1389) — third Ottoman sultan (1362–1389)
Urban VI (1318–1389) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1389 (1318–1389)
Gregory XII (1335–1417) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415
Charles V of France (1338–1380) — King of France from 1364 to 1380 (1338–1380)
Władysław II Jagiełło (1362–1434) — King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1362-1434)
Richard II of England (1367–1400) — King of England from 1377 to 1399
Innocent VII (1339–1406) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1404 to 1406
Henry IV of England (1367–1413) — King of England from 1399 to 1413
Boniface IX (1356–1404) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1389 to 1404
Sigismund (1368–1437) — Monarch from the House of Luxemburg (1368-1437)
Andrei Rublev (1360–1430) — medieval Russian artist (1360s-1428)
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)
Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412) — Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443) — Japanese aesthetician and playwright
Manuel II Palaiologos (1350–1425) — Byzantine emperor (1350-1425)
Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389) — Prince of Moscow
Casimir III the Great (1310–1370) — King of Poland from 1333 to 1370
Jadwiga I of Poland (1370–1399) — Queen of Poland (1384–1399)
David II of Scotland (1324–1371) — King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371
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 I of Portugal (1357–1433) — King of Portugal from 1385 to 1433
John VI Kantakouzenos (1292–1383) — Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)
John V Palaiologos (1332–1391) — Byzantine emperor
John of Gaunt (1340–1399) — English magnate of the House of Plantagenet (1340-1399)
Vytautas (1350–1430) — Grand Duke of Lithuania
Yongle Emperor (1360–1424) — emperor of Ming dynasty China from 1402 to 1424
Robert II of Scotland (1316–1390) — King of Scots from 1371 to his death as the first monarch of the House of Stewart
Tokhtamysh (1342–1406) — Khan of the Golden Horde
Jan Žižka (1360–1424) — Czech Hussite military leader (circa 1360 - 1424)
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361–1419) — king of Bohemia and Germany (1361–1419)
John XXIII (1370–1419) — Italian bishop; Pisan antipope (1410–1415)
Robert III of Scotland (1330–1406) — King of Scotland
Ibn Kathir (1301–1373) — Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)
Nicolas Flamel (1335–1418) — French scrivener
Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345–1383) — King of Portugal
Leonardo Bruni (1369–1444) — Italian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444)
John VII Palaiologos (1370–1408) — Byzantine emperor
Nicole Oresme (1320–1382) — 14th century French philosopher and bishop
Alexander V (1339–1410) — Catholic cardinal and antipope (1339-1410)
John of Nepomuk (1340–1393) — Catholic saint (1340-1393)
Philip the Bold (1342–1404) — Duke of Burgundy (1342-1404)
Isabeau of Bavaria (1370–1435) — Queen Consort of France
Taejo of Joseon (1335–1408) — the first king of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history
Jean Froissart (1337–1410) — French writer
Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348–1385) — Byzantine emperor
Toghon Temür (1320–1370) — Yuan and Northern Yuan emperor from 1333 to 1370
Benedict XIII (1328–1423) — cardinal, antipope from 1394 to 1423 (1328-1423)
Julian of Norwich (1342–) — English theologian and anchoress
Sergius of Radonezh (1322–1392) — Russian saint (1314-1392)
Luo Guanzhong (1334–1400) — 14th-century Chinese writer
Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419) — Spanish Dominican preacher and saint (1350–1419)
Henry II of Castile (1334–1379) — King of Castile
Gemistus Pletho (1355–1452) — 15th-century Byzantine Greek philosopher
Anne of Bohemia (1366–1394) — Czech princess (1366-1394)
Gentile da Fabriano (1370–1427) — Italian painter (1370–1427)
Algirdas (1296–1377) — Grand Duke of Lithuania (1345–1377)
Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320–1375) — King of Denmark
Mamai (1335–1380) — 14th-century Turco-Mongol military commander
Clement VII (1342–1394) — antipope from 1378 to 1394
Owain Glyndŵr (1354–1415) — Prince of Wales

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