Who Was Alive

Julius II

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513

Born 5 December 1443 · died 21 February 1513, aged 69

Who was alive at the same time as Julius II?

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When Julius II was born, Mehmed II was 11, François Villon was 11 or 12 and Pius II was 38.

When Julius II died, Leonardo da Vinci was 60, Michelangelo was 37, Martin Luther was 29, Niccolò Machiavelli was 43 and Nicolaus Copernicus was 40.

Born during Julius II’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan and Raphael.

Not quite contemporaries: Joan of Arc died 12 years before Julius II was born, Zheng He died 7 years before Julius II was born, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born 12 years after Julius II died and Luís de Camões was born 11 years after Julius II died.

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All 47 contemporaries we track

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Vasco da Gama 1457–1469 – 1524
  11. Johannes Gutenberg 1393–1406 – 1468
  12. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  13. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  14. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  15. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  16. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  17. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  18. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  19. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  20. Charles V 1500 – 1558
  21. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  22. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  23. Henry VIII of England 1491 – 1547
  24. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  25. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  26. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  27. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  28. Babur 1483 – 1530
  29. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  30. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  31. Ignatius of Loyola 1489–1493 – 1556
  32. Anne Boleyn 1501 – 1536
  33. Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  34. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  35. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  36. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  37. Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  38. Leo X 1475 – 1521
  39. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  40. Paul III 1468 – 1549
  41. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  42. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  43. Vlad the Impaler 1428–1431 – 1476–1477
  44. Pius V 1504 – 1572
  45. Pius II 1405 – 1464
  46. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  47. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541