Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Michelangelo and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina were alive at the same time for 38 or 39 years, from 1525 to 1564.

Michelangelo was 49 or 50 when Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was 38 or 39 when Michelangelo died, aged 88.

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

Born 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88

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. Michelangelo
  4. Martin Luther
  5. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  6. Miguel de Cervantes
  7. Galileo Galilei
  8. William Shakespeare
Michelangelo 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.