Who Was Alive

Were Michelangelo and Torquato Tasso alive at the same time?

Yes. Michelangelo and Torquato Tasso were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1544 to 1564.

Michelangelo was 69 when Torquato Tasso was born.

Torquato Tasso was 19 when Michelangelo died, aged 88.

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

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

Torquato Tasso

Italian poet

Born 11 March 1544 · died 25 April 1595, aged 51

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Michelangelo
  4. Martin Luther
  5. Torquato Tasso
  6. Miguel de Cervantes
  7. Galileo Galilei
  8. William Shakespeare
Michelangelo and Torquato Tasso 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.