Who was alive in 1440?

699 well-known people were alive in 1440, including Johannes Gutenberg, Mehmed II, Donatello. Here are the 80 most notable:

Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468) — German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
Mehmed II (1432–1481) — seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
Donatello (1386–1466) — Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Alexander VI (1431–1503) — pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
François Villon (1431–1463) — French poet and criminal
Pius II (1405–1464) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)
Vlad the Impaler (1431–1476) — 15th-century ruler of Wallachia
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)
Louis XI of France (1423–1483) — king of France from 1461 to 1483 (1423–1483)
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
Innocent VIII (1432–1492) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1484 to 1492
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
Ulugh Beg (1394–1449) — Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)
Pius III (1439–1503) — pope of the Catholic Church from 22 September to 18 October 1503
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
Henry VI of England (1421–1471) — King of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453
Thomas à Kempis (1379–1471) — German canon regular
Konstantinos XI Palaiologos (1404–1453) — last Byzantine emperor, from 1449 to 1453
Sejong the Great (1397–1450) — fourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul
Giovanni Bellini (1430–1516) — 15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter (1430–1516)
Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) — Italian philosopher and Catholic priest (1433–1499)
Ivan III of Moscow (1440–1505) — Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 to 1505
Luca Pacioli (1440–1517) — Italian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)
Piero della Francesca (1415–1492) — Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)
Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506) — Italian Renaissance painter (1431-1506)
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)
Charles the Bold (1433–1477) — last Valois Duke of Burgundy (1433-1477)
Andrea del Verrocchio (1435–1488) — 15th century Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter (c.1435-1488)
Zeami Motokiyo (1363–1443) — Japanese aesthetician and playwright
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)
Christian I of Denmark (1426–1481) — Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union (1426-1481)
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)
Antonello da Messina (1430–1479) — Italian Renaissance painter (1430–1479)
James II of Scotland (1430–1460) — King of Scotland from 1437 to 1460
Guillaume Dufay (1397–1474) — composer of the Renaissance (1397–1474)
Afonso V of Portugal (1432–1481) — King of Portugal and the Algarves
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
Regiomontanus (1436–1476) — German mathematician and astronomer (1436–1476)
Margaret of Anjou (1430–1482) — 15th-century English royal consort (1430-1482)
Stephen III of Moldavia (1433–1504) — Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504
Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378–1455) — Italian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)
John VIII Palaiologos (1392–1448) — Byzantine emperor
Filippo Lippi (1406–1469) — Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)
Władysław III of Poland (1424–1444) — king of Poland and Hungary
Hans Memling (1435–1494) — German/Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)
Josquin des Prez (1440–1521) — composer of the Renaissance (c. 1450–1521)
Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427–1492) — King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
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)
William Caxton (1422–1492) — English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer
Henry IV of Castile (1425–1474) — King of Castile
Gentile Bellini (1429–1507) — Italian painter of the renaissance (1429–1507)
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
Robert Campin (1375–1444) — Dutch painter, first great master of Flemish and Early Netherlandish painting, 1375–1444 (1375–1444)

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