Who Was Alive

Henry VIII of England

King of England from 1509 to 1547

Born 28 June 1491 · died 28 January 1547, aged 55

Who was alive at the same time as Henry VIII of England?

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Erasmus
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli
  6. Albrecht Dürer
  7. Nicolaus Copernicus
  8. Michelangelo
  9. Thomas More
  10. Ferdinand Magellan
  11. Raphael
  12. Martin Luther
  13. Hernán Cortés
  14. Mimar Sinan
  15. Henry VIII of England
  16. Jacques Cartier
  17. François Rabelais
  18. Suleiman the Magnificent
  19. Charles V
  20. John Calvin
  21. Michel de Montaigne
  22. Elizabeth I of England
  23. Akbar
  24. Tycho Brahe
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 Henry VIII of England was born, Leonardo da Vinci was 39, Michelangelo was 16, Martin Luther was 7, Christopher Columbus was 39 or 40 and Niccolò Machiavelli was 22.

When Henry VIII of England died, Michelangelo was 71, Elizabeth I of England was 13, Hernán Cortés was 61 or 62, Akbar was 4 and Jacques Cartier was 55.

Born during Henry VIII of England’s lifetime: Elizabeth I of England, Akbar, Jacques Cartier, Suleiman the Magnificent, Michel de Montaigne, John Calvin, François Rabelais and Charles V.

Not quite contemporaries: Francis Bacon was born 14 years after Henry VIII of England died, Giordano Bruno was born about a year after Henry VIII of England died, Mehmed II died 10 years before Henry VIII of England was born and Henry IV of France was born 6 years after Henry VIII of England died.

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All 57 contemporaries we track

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Elizabeth I of England 1533 – 1603
  11. Vasco da Gama 1457–1469 – 1524
  12. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  13. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  14. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  15. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  16. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  17. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  18. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  19. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  20. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  21. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  22. Charles V 1500 – 1558
  23. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  24. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  25. Francis Drake c. 1540 – 1596
  26. Ivan the Terrible 1530 – 1584
  27. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  28. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  29. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  30. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  31. Luís de Camões 1524–1525 – 1580
  32. Philip II of Spain 1527 – 1598
  33. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  34. Teresa of Ávila 1515 – 1582
  35. Babur 1483 – 1530
  36. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542 – 1587
  37. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  38. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  39. Ignatius of Loyola 1489–1493 – 1556
  40. Anne Boleyn 1501 – 1536
  41. Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  42. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  43. Mary I 1516 – 1558
  44. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  45. Julius II 1443 – 1513
  46. Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  47. Edward VI of England 1537 – 1553
  48. Leo X 1475 – 1521
  49. Torquato Tasso 1544 – 1595
  50. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  51. Paul III 1468 – 1549
  52. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  53. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  54. Pieter Brueghel the Elder c. 1525 – 1569
  55. Pius V 1504 – 1572
  56. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  57. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541