Famous People Born In 1420

Jean Fouquet was a 15th-century French painter and miniaturist. He was highly skilled in panel painting and manuscript illumination and is considered one of the most important painters of his era. The first French artist to travel to Italy, he had a first-hand experience of the early Italian Renaissance. French king Charles VII was among his many patrons.

Born into a samurai family, Sesshū Tōyō grew up to be a master painter of the Muromachi period. He excelled in monochrome ink and wash painting, also known as sumi-e. His works depicted Buddhist scenes and nature. Long Scroll of Landscapes remains one of his best-known paintings.

Bertoldo di Giovanni was an Italian medallist and sculptor who served as the teacher and head of an informal academy for sculptors and painters, which was founded by Lorenzo de' Medici in his garden. The academy was attended by popular sculptors and painters like Michelangelo. A pupil of Donatello, Di Giovanni is credited with completing some of Donatello's unfinished works.

Portuguese navigator and explorer Diogo Gomes is known for his West African voyage, which he took up on the orders of Prince Henry the Navigator. Though he claimed to have discovered the Cape Verde Islands, it had already been discovered by Alvise Ca’da Mosto in 1456.

Welsh bard Lewys Glyn Cothi mostly infused a sense of national pride and patriotism among the Welsh people, with his works. He was apparently thrown out of his native town of Carmarthenshire for marrying a widow without the permission of the burgesses. He is remembered for his use of the cywydd metric.

Matteo de' Pasti was an Italian medalist and sculptor. He is credited with designing the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini, which he constructed with the help of Leone Battista Alberti. An important and popular sculptor of his generation, De' Pasti worked on several royal commissions. He also worked for prominent personalities like Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta and Lionello d'Este.

John Morton was an English prelate best remembered for serving as the Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as the Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of King Henry VII. In a 1972 TV series titled The Shadow of the Tower, which depicted the life and reign of King Henry VII, Morton was portrayed by British actor Denis Carey.