Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1490?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1490. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci38
  2. Michelangelo15
  3. Martin Luther7
  4. Christopher Columbus38–39
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli21
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus17
  7. Ferdinand Magellan7–12
  8. Raphael7
  9. Albrecht Dürer19
  10. Vasco da Gama20–32
  11. Hernán Cortés4–5
  12. Erasmus24
  13. Thomas More10–14
  14. Sandro Botticelli42–47
  15. Amerigo Vespucci36
  16. Babur7
  17. Guru Nanak21
  18. Alexander VI57–61
  19. Isabella I of Castile39
  20. Huldrych Zwingli6
  21. Julius II47
  22. Leo X15
  23. Hieronymus Bosch37–42
  24. Paul III22
  25. Ludovico Ariosto16
  26. Ferdinand II of Aragon38
  27. Francisco Pizarro10–14