15th Century - Significant People

Significant People

• Abu Sa'id al-Afif, a Samaritan physician.
• Afonso de Albuquerque (1453–1515) was a Portuguese nobleman, naval general officer whose military and administrative activities conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian ocean. Generally considered as a world conquest military genius by means of his successful strategy.
• Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, Renaissance ruler (1443–1490).
• George Kastrioti, Skenderbeg – Albanian Prince who resisted the Ottomans for almost 30 years (1443–1468).
• Ferdinand II of Aragon, co-ruler of Spain with Isabella I of Castile and responsible with her for the unification of Spain (1452–1516).
• Johannes Gutenberg, European inventor of printing with movable type (c. 1398 – 1468)
• Constantine XI,The last Byzantine Emperor and Roman Emperor.He lived from 1404–1453.
• Henry the Navigator Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu (1394–1460); infante (prince) of the Portuguese House of Aviz and an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire, being responsible for the beginning of the European worldwide explorations.
• Henry V of England, the English King who won the famous Battle of Agincourt in 1415 (1387–1422).

• Henry VII of England, English King and founder the Tudor dynasty (1457–1509).
• The Princes in the Tower, Edward V of England (1470–1483?) and his brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (1473–1483?), two sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville.
• John Hunyadi, Regent of Kingdom of Hungary, won the Siege of Belgrade in 1456 (1387–1456)
• Jan Hus, Bohemian religious thinker and reformer (c. 1369–1415).
• Isabella I of Castile, co-ruler of Spain with Ferdinand II of Aragon and responsible for the unification of Spain and the discovery of the New World (1451–1504).
• Ivan III of Russia, Grand Duke of Moscow who ended the dominance of the Golden Horde over the Rus (1440-1505)
• Joan of Arc, military commander and national heroine of France (1412–1431).
• Kazimierz IV Jagiellon King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1427–1492).
• Louis XI, King of France (1423–1483).
• Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Conqueror of Constantinople (1432–1481).
• Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh Religion (1469).
• Sejong the Great of Joseon, a Korean monarch who developed hangul, the native Korean alphabet (1397–1450).
• Stephen III of Moldavia, also known as Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia, national hero of Romanians for long resistance to the Ottomans (1437–1504)
• Richard III of England, last English King of the House of York, last of the House of Plantagenet (1452–1485).
• Mir Chakar Khan Rind (1468–1565), a Baloch king.
• Vlad III Dracula, Prince of Wallachia who led the defense of his territory against the expanding Ottoman Empire (1431–1476).
• Oba Ewuare, transformed the city state of Benin into the Benin Empire.