Who was alive in 1380?

604 well-known people were alive in 1380, 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)
Timur (1336–1405) — the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Zheng He (1371–1433) — Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
Jan Hus (1370–1415) — Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
Callixtus III (1379–1458) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family
Bayezid I (1354–1403) — fourth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1389–1402)
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
Charles VI of France (1368–1422) — King of France from 1380 to 1422 (1368–1422)
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
Thomas à Kempis (1379–1471) — German canon regular
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)
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446) — Italian architect, sculptor and engineer
Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) — founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
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
Jadwiga I of Poland (1370–1399) — Queen of Poland (1384–1399)
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)
Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378–1455) — Italian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)
Robert III of Scotland (1330–1406) — King of Scotland
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
John the Fearless (1371–1419) — Duke of Burgundy
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
Mary I of Hungary (1371–1395) — Queen of Hungary (1371-1395)
Vasily I of Moscow (1372–1425) — Grand Prince of Moscow (1372-1425)
Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459) — Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459)
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
Jianwen Emperor (1377–1402) — emperor of China from 1398 to 1402
Benedict XIII (1328–1423) — cardinal, antipope from 1394 to 1423 (1328-1423)
Julian of Norwich (1342–) — English theologian and anchoress
Robert Campin (1375–1444) — Dutch painter, first great master of Flemish and Early Netherlandish painting, 1375–1444 (1375–1444)
Enrique III of Castile (1379–1407) — king of Castille (1379-1407)
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)
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372–1449) — Egyptian Islamic scholar (1372–1449)
Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380–1416) — Aragonese king
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)
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
John I of Castile and Leon (1358–1390) — King of Castille and Leon (1358-1390)
Olaf II of Denmark (1370–1387) — King of Denmark and Norway

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