Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Thomas More alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Thomas More were alive at the same time, from c. 1478 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

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

Thomas More

English statesman, lawyer and philosopher

Born c. 1478 · died 6 July 1535

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