Who was alive in 1420?

636 well-known people were alive in 1420, including Joan of Arc, Johannes Gutenberg, Zheng He. Here are the 80 most notable:

Joan of Arc (1412–1431) — French folk heroine (1412–1431), military leader who crowned Charles VII and Roman Catholic saint, canonized 500 years after her death
Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468) — German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
Zheng He (1371–1433) — Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
Donatello (1386–1466) — Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Pius II (1405–1464) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)
Henry V of England (1386–1422) — King of England from 1413 to 1422
Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) — Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
Jami (1414–1492) — Persian poet (1414–1492)
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)
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
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) — German philosopher (1401 – 1464)
Skanderbeg (1405–1468) — Albanian noble and military commander (1405–1468)
Sixtus IV (1414–1484) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1471 to 1484
Kabir (1398–) — 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint
Murad II (1404–1451) — sixth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1421–1444, 1446–1451)
Paul II (1417–1471) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471
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)
Masaccio (1401–1428) — Italian painter (1401-1428)
Charles VII of France (1403–1461) — monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France
Fra Angelico (1390–1455) — Italian Early Renaissance painter
Władysław II Jagiełło (1362–1434) — King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1362-1434)
Thomas à Kempis (1379–1471) — German canon regular
Konstantinos XI Palaiologos (1404–1453) — last Byzantine emperor, from 1449 to 1453
Mehmed I (1386–1421) — fifth Ottoman Sultan (1413–1421)
Sejong the Great (1397–1450) — fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
Sigismund (1368–1437) — Monarch from the House of Luxemburg (1368-1437)
Andrei Rublev (1360–1430) — medieval Russian artist (1360s-1428)
Piero della Francesca (1415–1492) — Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446) — Italian architect, sculptor and engineer
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) — Portuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415–1493) — Holy Roman Emperor and Austrian archduke and duke (1452–1493)
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)
Lorenzo Valla (1407–1457) — Italian Renaissance humanist (c. 1407–1457)
Philip III the Good (1396–1467) — Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467 (1396-1467)
Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498) — Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1420-1498)
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
Jan Žižka (1360–1424) — Czech Hussite military leader (circa 1360 - 1424)
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
Filippo Lippi (1406–1469) — Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)
Leonardo Bruni (1369–1444) — Italian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444)
Amadeus VIII of Savoy (1383–1451) — antipope 1439 to 1449, count of Savoy
1st Dalai Lama (1391–1474) — Dalai Lama of Tibet (1391-1474)
Jean Fouquet (1410–1478) — French painter (c. 1420–1481)
Vasily II of Moscow (1415–1462) — Grand Prince of Moscow (1415-1462)
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)
John II of Castile (1405–1454) — King of Castille and Leon
John Hunyadi (1407–1456) — Regent-Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary, 1446–1453
Eric of Pomerania (1381–1459) — King of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Kalmar Union
Karl Knutsson (1409–1470) — King of Sweden and Norway (1409-1470)
Pachacútec (1391–1471) — 11th Inca Emperor
John II of Aragon (1398–1479) — King of Aragon from 1458 to 1479
Catherine of Valois (1401–1437) — Queen consort of England
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)
Francesco I Sforza (1401–1466) — Italian condottiero and Sforza dynasty founder (1401–1466)
Christopher of Bavaria (1416–1448) — king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1442-1448
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372–1449) — Egyptian Islamic scholar (1372–1449)
Rita of Cascia (1381–1457) — Italian Augustinian nun
Pisanello (1395–1455) — Italian artist (1395–1455)

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