Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1478?

20 of the people we track were surely alive in 1478. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci26
  2. Michelangelo3
  3. Christopher Columbus26–27
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli9
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus5
  6. Albrecht Dürer7
  7. Vasco da Gama8–20
  8. Erasmus12
  9. Mehmed II46
  10. Sandro Botticelli30–35
  11. Amerigo Vespucci24
  12. Guru Nanak9
  13. Alexander VI45–49
  14. Isabella I of Castile27
  15. Julius II35
  16. Leo X3
  17. Hieronymus Bosch25–30
  18. Paul III10
  19. Ludovico Ariosto4
  20. Ferdinand II of Aragon26