Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Gregory XIII alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Gregory XIII were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1502 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 49 when Gregory XIII was born.

Gregory XIII was 17 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Gregory XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585

Born 1 January 1502 · died 10 April 1585, aged 83

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Gregory XIII
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci and Gregory XIII 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.