Who Was Alive

Were Guru Nanak and Michelangelo alive at the same time?

Yes. Guru Nanak and Michelangelo were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1475 to 1539.

Guru Nanak was 5 when Michelangelo was born.

Michelangelo was 64 when Guru Nanak died, aged 70.

Guru Nanak

First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism

Born 15 April 1469 · died 22 September 1539, aged 70

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

Born 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Guru Nanak
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Miguel de Cervantes
  8. Galileo Galilei
Guru Nanak and Michelangelo 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.