Who Was Alive

Johannes Gutenberg

German inventor and craftsman

Born 1393–1406 · died 1468

Who was alive at the same time as Johannes Gutenberg?

  1. Jan Hus
  2. Zheng He
  3. Donatello
  4. Johannes Gutenberg
  5. Pius II
  6. Joan of Arc
  7. Vlad the Impaler
  8. Alexander VI
  9. François Villon
  10. Mehmed II
  11. Sandro Botticelli
  12. Julius II
  13. Hieronymus Bosch
  14. Christopher Columbus
  15. Isabella I of Castile
  16. Ferdinand II of Aragon
  17. Leonardo da Vinci
  18. Amerigo Vespucci
  19. Erasmus
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 Johannes Gutenberg died, Leonardo da Vinci was 15 or 16, Christopher Columbus was 16 or 17, Erasmus was 1 or 2, Mehmed II was 35 or 36 and Amerigo Vespucci was 13 or 14.

Born during Johannes Gutenberg’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Joan of Arc, Erasmus, Mehmed II, Sandro Botticelli, Amerigo Vespucci and Alexander VI.

Not quite contemporaries: Michelangelo was born 6 years after Johannes Gutenberg died, Martin Luther was born 14 years after Johannes Gutenberg died, Niccolò Machiavelli was born months after Johannes Gutenberg died and Nicolaus Copernicus was born 4 years after Johannes Gutenberg died.

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