Who Was Alive

Were Johannes Gutenberg and Christopher Columbus alive at the same time?

Yes. Johannes Gutenberg and Christopher Columbus were alive at the same time for 16 or 17 years, from 1451 to 1468.

Christopher Columbus was 16 or 17 when Johannes Gutenberg died.

Johannes Gutenberg

German inventor and craftsman

Born 1393–1406 · died 1468

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

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

  1. Zheng He
  2. Johannes Gutenberg
  3. Joan of Arc
  4. Christopher Columbus
  5. Leonardo da Vinci
  6. Erasmus
  7. Niccolò Machiavelli
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus
  9. Michelangelo
  10. Martin Luther
Johannes Gutenberg and Christopher Columbus 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.