Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Paracelsus alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Paracelsus were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1493 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 41 when Paracelsus was born.

Paracelsus was 25 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Paracelsus

Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist

Born 10 November 1493 · died 24 September 1541, aged 47

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