Who was alive in 1459?

15 of the people we track were surely alive in 1459. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Leonardo da Vinci7
2. Christopher Columbus7–8
3. Johannes Gutenberg52–66
4. Mehmed II27
5. Sandro Botticelli11–16
6. Amerigo Vespucci5
7. Donatello70–75
8. Alexander VI26–30
9. Isabella I of Castile8
10. François Villon27–28
11. Julius II16
12. Hieronymus Bosch6–11
13. Vlad the Impaler27–31
14. Pius II54
15. Ferdinand II of Aragon7