Leonardo da Vinci · Michelangelo Were Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo alive at the same time? Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were alive at the same time for 44 years, from 1475 to 1519. Leonardo da Vinci was 22 when Michelangelo was born.Michelangelo was 44 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67. Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymathBorn 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67MichelangeloItalian artist and architectBorn 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciNiccolò MachiavelliNicolaus CopernicusMichelangeloMartin LutherMiguel de CervantesGalileo Galilei Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo 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.