Who was alive in 1456?

15 of the people we track were surely alive in 1456. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Leonardo da Vinci4
2. Christopher Columbus4–5
3. Johannes Gutenberg49–63
4. Mehmed II24
5. Sandro Botticelli8–13
6. Amerigo Vespucci2
7. Donatello67–72
8. Alexander VI23–27
9. Isabella I of Castile5
10. François Villon24–25
11. Julius II13
12. Hieronymus Bosch3–8
13. Vlad the Impaler24–28
14. Pius II51
15. Ferdinand II of Aragon4