Famous People from the 15th Century AD

Guess the Names of these famous people, who lived in the 15th century AD

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King of Aragon, who married the Queen of Castille and finished the Reconquista	Ferdinand II of Aragon
Queen of Castille, who married the King of Aragon and finished the Reconquista	Isabella I of Castile
"The Maid of Orléans", who lifted the english siege of Orleans and was burned as a heretic by the English	Joan of Arc
Albanian general, who fought for and against the Ottomans and is admired as a national hero of Albania	Skanderbeg
Inventor of the printing press with movable letters	Johannes Gutenberg
Explorer from Genoa, who discovered America for Spain	Christopher Columbus
Early reformator in Bohemia, his execution caused a series of religious wars	Jan Hus
4. King of the Korean Joseon dynasty, who developed the Korean Writing System	Sejong the Great
Ruler of Walachia, who fought the Ottomans and is known as an inspiration for a Bram Stoker novel	Vlad the Impaler
Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea	Vasco da Gama

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Banker in Florence, who patronaged Arts and was the first member of his family to gain de facto control of Florence	Cosimo de' Medici
Italian explorer, who explored South America, the continent was named after him	Amerigo Vespucci
Grand Prince of Moscow, who united Russia, defeated the Golden Horde and made Moscow the "Third Rome"	Ivan III
Ottoman Sultan, who conquered Constantinopel	Mehmed II.
Rich merchant and banker from Augsburg, who financed the HRE Emperors	Jakob Fugger
Portuguese general, who conquered trading posts like Goa, Hormuz and Malakka, a city in New Mexico is named after him	Afonso de Albuquerque
Ruler, who greatly expanded the Inca Empire and founded Machu Picchu	Pachacútec Yupanqui
Italian Polymath, who painted the Mona Lisa	Leonardo da Vinci
3. Emperor of the Ming dynasty, who founded Beijing, build the Forbidden City and financed the Treasure Fleet	Yongle
Admiral of the Treasure Fleet, which traveled from China to South East Asia and the Indian Ocean	Zheng He