Michelangelo · Hernán Cortés Were Michelangelo and Hernán Cortés alive at the same time? Yes. Michelangelo and Hernán Cortés were alive at the same time for 61 or 62 years, from 1485 to 1547. Michelangelo was 9 or 10 when Hernán Cortés was born.Michelangelo was 72 when Hernán Cortés died, aged 61 or 62. MichelangeloItalian artist and architectBorn 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88Hernán CortésSpanish conquistadorBorn 1485 · died 2 December 1547, aged 61 or 62 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciNiccolò MachiavelliMichelangeloMartin LutherHernán CortésMiguel de CervantesGalileo Galilei Michelangelo and Hernán Cortés 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.