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1420s births

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Vlad the Impaler

Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death. He is regarded as a Christian hero in Romania due to his opposition to the Ottoman Empire and he is considered an important ruler in Wallachian history.

French painter (c. 1420–1481)

Gentile Bellini

Italian painter of the renaissance (1429–1507)

English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer

Benozzo Gozzoli

Italian painter (c.1421-1497)

Andrea del Castagno

Italian painter (1420–1457)

Mara Branković

15th century Serbian princess, daughter of Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene

German theologian and philosopher

João Vaz Corte-Real

Portuguese explorer

Lazar Branković

Despot of Serbia

Mino da Fiesole

Italian sculptor (1429-1484)

Abdal-Latif Mirza

Member of royal family

Barthélemy d'Eyck

Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator (1420-1470)

Niccolò Antonio Colantonio

Italian painter

French illuminator, panel painter (c.1425-1490)

Robert Henryson

15th-century Scottish makar (poet)

15th century French engraver, printer and type designer (1420–1480)

John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk

English noble and admiral

Isabella, Princess of Taranto

Queen consort of Naples and suo jure Princess of Taranto

English prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury

Peter, Constable of Portugal

Constable of Portugal (1429-1466)

Bernard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden, Roman Catholic blessed

Nikolaus Gerhaert

Dutch sculptor (c. 1430–1473)

Luciano Laurana

Croatian-Italian architect

Venetian Dalmatian architect and sculptor (c.1425-1505)

Al-Aziz Yússuf

Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 7 June 1438–9 September 1438)

Michael Apostolius

Greek teacher, writer and copyist (died 1478)

William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel and Göttingen

Lamberto, Lord of Monaco

Lord of Monaco (1420-1494)

Catholic cardinal (1422-1491)

Portuguese navigator and explorer

Guiniforte Solari

Italian artist (1429-1481)

Frederick II of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont

Count of Vaudémont

Carlo de' Medici

Giovanni Arcimboldi

Italian cardinal

Galeotto Marzio

Italian astronomer and historian

printmaker, goldsmith, artist (1420-1467)

Giovanni Boccati

Italian painter (c.1420-1487)

Louis de Gruuthuse

Louis de Bruges; ca. 1427-1492; married Marguerite de Borselen in 1455; noted diplomat and bibliophile

Przemysław II, Duke of Cieszyn

Ruler or co-ruler of Cieszyn, Bytom, Siewierz, Głogów, and Ścinawa

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke

English peer of the 15th century; (1423-1469)

Bolesław II, Duke of Cieszyn

Franco-Flemish composer

Petru III of Moldavia

Ruler of Moldavia

Niccolò Pizzolo

Italian renaissance painter (1421–1453)

Adrian von Bubenberg

Swiss general (1424-1479)

Benedetto Bonfigli

Italian painter (1420-1496)

Bolesław IV of Warsaw

Jan IV of Oświęcim

Duke of Oświęcim and Karniów

Jörg Syrlin the Elder

German sculptor (1425–1491)

Italian painter (1420-1484)

Władysław of Głogów

Duke of Cieszyn and Duke of Głogów

García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba

First Duke of Alba

Matthew Carrieri

Dominican friar

Peter von Hagenbach

Alsatian knight and ruler

Lord Privy Seal; Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Durham; Archbishop of York

Johannes Nauclerus

German historian

Nicholas I of Opole

Polish nobleman

Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford

British countess (1437-1474)