- May 3 Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman, born in Guadalajara, Spain (d. 1495)
- Sep 21 Jingtai, 7th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China (1449-57), born in Beijing (d. 1457)
- Nov 22 Richard Neville [16th Earl of Warwick], English nobleman and military commander known as 'Warwick the Kingmaker', born in Norwich, England (d. 1471)