Who Was Alive

Were Martin Luther and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina alive at the same time?

Yes. Martin Luther and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina were alive at the same time for 20 or 21 years, from 1525 to 1546.

Martin Luther was 41 or 42 when Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was 20 or 21 when Martin Luther died, aged 62.

Martin Luther

German priest and theologian

Born 10 November 1483 · died 18 February 1546, aged 62

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Italian Renaissance composer

Born 1525 · died 2 February 1594, aged 68 or 69

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  8. Miguel de Cervantes
  9. Galileo Galilei
  10. William Shakespeare
Martin Luther and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 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.