Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Leo X alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Leo X were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1475 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 23 or 24 when Leo X was born.

Leo X was 30 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

Leo X

Pope from 1513 to 1521

Born 11 December 1475 · died 1 December 1521, aged 45

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