Who Was Alive

Were Alexander VI and Christopher Columbus alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexander VI and Christopher Columbus were alive at the same time for 51 or 52 years, from 1451 to 1503.

Christopher Columbus was 51 or 52 when Alexander VI died.

Alexander VI

Pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family

Born c. 1431 · died 18 August 1503

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

Born 1451 · died 20 May 1506, aged 54 or 55

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