Who Was Alive

Were Vlad the Impaler and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Vlad the Impaler and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1452 to 1476–1477.

Leonardo da Vinci was 24 when Vlad the Impaler died.

Vlad the Impaler

15th-century ruler of Wallachia

Born 1428–1431 · died 1476–1477

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

Born 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67

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