Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Ignatius of Loyola alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Ignatius of Loyola were alive at the same time, from 1489–1493 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Ignatius of Loyola

Spanish Catholic priest and theologian

Born 1489–1493 · died 31 July 1556

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