Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1452 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was about a year old when Leonardo da Vinci was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 54 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

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

Born 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67

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