Who Was Alive

Were Mehmed II and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Mehmed II and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1452 to 1481.

Mehmed II was 20 when Leonardo da Vinci was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 29 when Mehmed II died, aged 49.

Mehmed II

Seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 30 March 1432 · died 3 May 1481, aged 49

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

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