Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Charles V alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Charles V were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1500 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 47 when Charles V was born.

Charles V was 19 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Charles V

Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556

Born 24 February 1500 · died 21 September 1558, aged 58

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Charles V
  8. Miguel de Cervantes
Leonardo da Vinci and Charles V 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.