Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Jacques Cartier alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Jacques Cartier were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1491 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 39 when Jacques Cartier was born.

Jacques Cartier was 27 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Jacques Cartier

Breton maritime explorer of North America

Born 31 December 1491 · died 24 September 1557, aged 65

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