Who Was Alive

Were Johannes Gutenberg and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Johannes Gutenberg and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 15 or 16 years, from 1452 to 1468.

Leonardo da Vinci was 15 or 16 when Johannes Gutenberg died.

Johannes Gutenberg

German inventor and craftsman

Born 1393–1406 · died 1468

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

Born 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67

  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 Leonardo da Vinci 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.