Leonardo da Vinci · John Calvin Were Leonardo da Vinci and John Calvin alive at the same time? Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and John Calvin were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1509 to 1519. Leonardo da Vinci was 57 when John Calvin was born.John Calvin was 9 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67. Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymathBorn 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67John CalvinFrench Protestant reformerBorn 10 July 1509 · died 27 May 1564, aged 54 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciNiccolò MachiavelliNicolaus CopernicusMichelangeloMartin LutherJohn CalvinGalileo GalileiWilliam Shakespeare Leonardo da Vinci and John Calvin 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.