- Jan 27 Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
- Feb 23 Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia (1458-1490) created the Bibliotheca Corviniana, born in Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1490)
- May 17 Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, born in Rouen, Normandy (d. 1460)
- May 31 Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England, born in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1509)
- Jul 31 Albrecht III of Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon
Julius II (1443-1513)
Dec 5 Italian Pope (1503-13) and patron of Michelangelo, Bramante and Raphael, born in Albisola, Republic of Genoa
