Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Leo X alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Leo X were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1475 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 23 when Leo X was born.

Leo X was 43 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Leo X

Pope from 1513 to 1521

Born 11 December 1475 · died 1 December 1521, aged 45

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