Leonardo da Vinci · Hernán Cortés Were Leonardo da Vinci and Hernán Cortés alive at the same time? Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Hernán Cortés were alive at the same time for 33 or 34 years, from 1485 to 1519. Leonardo da Vinci was 32 or 33 when Hernán Cortés was born.Hernán Cortés was 33 or 34 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67. Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymathBorn 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67Hernán CortésSpanish conquistadorBorn 1485 · died 2 December 1547, aged 61 or 62 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciNiccolò MachiavelliNicolaus CopernicusMichelangeloMartin LutherHernán Cortés Leonardo da Vinci and Hernán Cortés 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.