Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Raphael alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Raphael were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1483 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 31 or 32 when Raphael was born.

Raphael was 23 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

Raphael

Italian painter and architect

Born 1483 · died 6–7 April 1520, aged 37

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