Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1487?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1487. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci35
  2. Michelangelo12
  3. Martin Luther4
  4. Christopher Columbus35–36
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli18
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus14
  7. Ferdinand Magellan4–9
  8. Raphael4
  9. Albrecht Dürer16
  10. Vasco da Gama17–29
  11. Hernán Cortés1–2
  12. Erasmus21
  13. Thomas More7–11
  14. Sandro Botticelli39–44
  15. Amerigo Vespucci33
  16. Babur4
  17. Guru Nanak18
  18. Alexander VI54–58
  19. Isabella I of Castile36
  20. Huldrych Zwingli3
  21. Julius II44
  22. Leo X12
  23. Hieronymus Bosch34–39
  24. Paul III19
  25. Ludovico Ariosto13
  26. Ferdinand II of Aragon35
  27. Francisco Pizarro7–11