Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1489?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1489. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci37
  2. Michelangelo14
  3. Martin Luther6
  4. Christopher Columbus37–38
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli20
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus16
  7. Ferdinand Magellan6–11
  8. Raphael6
  9. Albrecht Dürer18
  10. Vasco da Gama19–31
  11. Hernán Cortés3–4
  12. Erasmus23
  13. Thomas More9–13
  14. Sandro Botticelli41–46
  15. Amerigo Vespucci35
  16. Babur6
  17. Guru Nanak20
  18. Alexander VI56–60
  19. Isabella I of Castile38
  20. Huldrych Zwingli5
  21. Julius II46
  22. Leo X14
  23. Hieronymus Bosch36–41
  24. Paul III21
  25. Ludovico Ariosto15
  26. Ferdinand II of Aragon37
  27. Francisco Pizarro9–13