Who was alive in 1400?

619 well-known people were alive in 1400, including Johannes Gutenberg, Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun. Here are the 80 most notable:

Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468) — German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) — 14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) — Arab historiographer and historian
Timur (1336–1405) — the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405)
Zheng He (1371–1433) — Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
Donatello (1386–1466) — Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Jan Hus (1370–1415) — Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
Henry V of England (1386–1422) — King of England from 1413 to 1422
Callixtus III (1379–1458) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family
Jan van Eyck (1390–1441) — Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)
Bayezid I (1354–1403) — fourth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1389–1402)
Eugene IV (1383–1447) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1431 to 1447
Nicholas V (1397–1455) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1447 to 1455
Kabir (1398–) — 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint
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)
Ulugh Beg (1394–1449) — Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)
Gregory XII (1335–1417) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415
Fra Angelico (1390–1455) — Italian Early Renaissance painter
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
Mehmed I (1386–1421) — fifth Ottoman Sultan (1413–1421)
Sejong the Great (1397–1450) — fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
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
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) — Portuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)
Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412) — Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443) — Japanese aesthetician and playwright
James I of Scotland (1394–1437) — King of Scots from 1406 to 1437
Manuel II Palaiologos (1350–1425) — Byzantine emperor (1350-1425)
Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464) — First ruler of the Medici political dynasty (1389–1464)
Rogier van der Weyden (1390–1464) — early Netherlandish painter (c. 1399–1464)
Paolo Uccello (1397–1475) — Italian painter (1397-1475)
Philip III the Good (1396–1467) — Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467 (1396-1467)
John I of Portugal (1357–1433) — King of Portugal from 1385 to 1433
Guillaume Dufay (1397–1474) — composer of the Renaissance (1397–1474)
Vytautas (1350–1430) — Grand Duke of Lithuania
Yongle Emperor (1360–1424) — emperor of Ming dynasty China from 1402 to 1424
Charles I, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465) — French duke and poet (1394-1465)
Alfonso V of Aragon (1396–1458) — King of Aragon from 1416 to 1458
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)
Edward I of Portugal (1391–1438) — King of Portugal from 1433 to 1438
John VIII Palaiologos (1392–1448) — Byzantine emperor
Albert II of Germany (1397–1439) — King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia
Robert III of Scotland (1330–1406) — King of Scotland
Nicolas Flamel (1335–1418) — French scrivener
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
Amadeus VIII of Savoy (1383–1451) — antipope 1439 to 1449, count of Savoy
1st Dalai Lama (1391–1474) — Dalai Lama of Tibet (1391-1474)
Alexander V (1339–1410) — Catholic cardinal and antipope (1339-1410)
Philip the Bold (1342–1404) — Duke of Burgundy (1342-1404)
Isabeau of Bavaria (1370–1435) — Queen Consort of France
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
Jianwen Emperor (1377–1402) — emperor of China from 1398 to 1402
Eric of Pomerania (1381–1459) — King of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Kalmar Union
Pachacútec (1391–1471) — 11th Inca Emperor
John II of Aragon (1398–1479) — King of Aragon from 1458 to 1479
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)
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

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