Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1474?

19 of the people we track were surely alive in 1474. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1474: Ludovico Ariosto.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci22
  2. Christopher Columbus22–23
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli5
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus1
  5. Albrecht Dürer3
  6. Vasco da Gama4–16
  7. Erasmus8
  8. Mehmed II42
  9. Sandro Botticelli26–31
  10. Amerigo Vespucci20
  11. Guru Nanak5
  12. Alexander VI41–45
  13. Isabella I of Castile23
  14. Julius II31
  15. Hieronymus Bosch21–26
  16. Paul III6
  17. Ludovico Ariostoborn
  18. Vlad the Impaler42–46
  19. Ferdinand II of Aragon22