Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Anne Boleyn alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Anne Boleyn were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1501 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 49 or 50 when Anne Boleyn was born.

Anne Boleyn was 5 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

Anne Boleyn

Second wife of Henry VIII of England

Born 5 May 1501 · died 19 May 1536, aged 35

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Anne Boleyn
Christopher Columbus and Anne Boleyn 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.