Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1485?

26 of the people we track were surely alive in 1485. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci33
  2. Michelangelo10
  3. Martin Luther2
  4. Christopher Columbus33–34
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli16
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus12
  7. Ferdinand Magellan2–7
  8. Raphael2
  9. Albrecht Dürer14
  10. Vasco da Gama15–27
  11. Erasmus19
  12. Thomas More5–9
  13. Sandro Botticelli37–42
  14. Amerigo Vespucci31
  15. Babur2
  16. Guru Nanak16
  17. Alexander VI52–56
  18. Isabella I of Castile34
  19. Huldrych Zwingli1
  20. Julius II42
  21. Leo X10
  22. Hieronymus Bosch32–37
  23. Paul III17
  24. Ludovico Ariosto11
  25. Ferdinand II of Aragon33
  26. Francisco Pizarro5–9