Who Was Alive

François Villon

French poet and criminal

Born 1431 · died 1463, aged 31 or 32

Who was alive at the same time as François Villon?

  1. Zheng He
  2. Donatello
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. Pius II
  5. Vlad the Impaler
  6. Alexander VI
  7. François Villon
  8. Mehmed II
  9. Sandro Botticelli
  10. Julius II
  11. Hieronymus Bosch
  12. Christopher Columbus
  13. Isabella I of Castile
  14. Ferdinand II of Aragon
  15. Leonardo da Vinci
  16. Amerigo Vespucci
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When François Villon was born, Pius II was 25 or 26.

When François Villon died, Leonardo da Vinci was 10 or 11, Christopher Columbus was 11 or 12, Mehmed II was 30 or 31, Amerigo Vespucci was 8 or 9 and Isabella I of Castile was 11 or 12.

Born during François Villon’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Mehmed II, Sandro Botticelli, Amerigo Vespucci, Isabella I of Castile, Julius II and Hieronymus Bosch.

Not quite contemporaries: Michelangelo was born 11 years after François Villon died, Niccolò Machiavelli was born 5 years after François Villon died, Nicolaus Copernicus was born 9 years after François Villon died and Ferdinand Magellan was born 14 years after François Villon died.

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