Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Ludovico Ariosto alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Ludovico Ariosto were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1474 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 22 when Ludovico Ariosto was born.

Ludovico Ariosto was 44 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Ludovico Ariosto

Italian poet

Born 8 September 1474 · died 6 July 1533, aged 58

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Ludovico Ariosto
  6. Michelangelo
  7. Martin Luther
Leonardo da Vinci and Ludovico Ariosto 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.