The 1460s decade ran from January 1, 1460, to December 31, 1469.

Significant people

  • Charles I (the Bold) (1433–1477), Duke of Burgundy, r. 1467–1477
  • Jean Fouquet of France (1420–1481), painter
  • Francis II (1433–1488), Duke of Brittany, r. 1458–1488
  • Gendun Drup of Tibet (1391–1474), First Dalai Lama
  • Diogo Gomes of Portugal (1420–1485), navigator, explorer and writer
  • Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz (1395?–1468), printer and inventor of the movable type printing press
  • Henry the Navigator of Portugal (1394–1460), Portuguese prince and patron of exploration
  • William Herbert of Wales (1423–1469), Pro-York nobleman
  • Sir Thomas Malory of England (1405?–1471), soldier, member of Parliament, political prisoner, and author of Le Morte d'Arthur
  • Richard Neville of England (1428–1471), nobleman, administrator, and military commander
  • Demetrios Palaiologos of Morea (1407–1470), Byzantine Prince and Despot of Morea
  • Thomas Palaiologos of Morea (1409–1465), Byzantine Prince and Despot of Morea
  • Philip III (the Good) (1396–1467), Duke of Burgundy, r. 1419–1467
  • Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester (1452–1483), English Prince, Yorkist commander, and future King of England
  • Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York of England (1411-1460), nobleman, military commander, and Yorkist claimant to the Throne of England
  • Mar Shimun IV, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (Patriarchate then based in Mosul), held position 1437–1497
  • Tlacaelel (1397-1487), Tlacochcalcatl of the Aztec Empire
  • Jasper Tudor of Wales (c.1431–1495), nobleman and adventurer
  • Owen Tudor of Wales (c.1400–1461), soldier and courtier at the court of the English Kings
  • Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence (1435–1488), painter, sculptor, and goldsmith

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