Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1486?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1486. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci34
  2. Michelangelo11
  3. Martin Luther3
  4. Christopher Columbus34–35
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli17
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus13
  7. Ferdinand Magellan3–8
  8. Raphael3
  9. Albrecht Dürer15
  10. Vasco da Gama16–28
  11. Hernán Cortés0–1
  12. Erasmus20
  13. Thomas More6–10
  14. Sandro Botticelli38–43
  15. Amerigo Vespucci32
  16. Babur3
  17. Guru Nanak17
  18. Alexander VI53–57
  19. Isabella I of Castile35
  20. Huldrych Zwingli2
  21. Julius II43
  22. Leo X11
  23. Hieronymus Bosch33–38
  24. Paul III18
  25. Ludovico Ariosto12
  26. Ferdinand II of Aragon34
  27. Francisco Pizarro6–10