Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1454 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 2 or 3 when Amerigo Vespucci was born.

Amerigo Vespucci was 52 when Christopher Columbus died, aged 54 or 55.

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

Born 1451 · died 20 May 1506, aged 54 or 55

Amerigo Vespucci

Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer

Born 9 March 1454 · died 22 February 1512, aged 57

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Amerigo Vespucci
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus
  6. Michelangelo
  7. Martin Luther
Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.