Who Was Alive

Were Pius II and Christopher Columbus alive at the same time?

Yes. Pius II and Christopher Columbus were alive at the same time for 12 or 13 years, from 1451 to 1464.

Pius II was 45 or 46 when Christopher Columbus was born.

Christopher Columbus was 12 or 13 when Pius II died, aged 58.

Pius II

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464

Born 18 October 1405 · died 14 August 1464, aged 58

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

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

  1. Ibn Khaldun
  2. Johannes Gutenberg
  3. Pius II
  4. Joan of Arc
  5. Christopher Columbus
  6. Leonardo da Vinci
  7. Niccolò Machiavelli
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus
  9. Michelangelo
  10. Martin Luther
Pius II 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.