Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1491?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1491. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1491: Henry VIII of England.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci39
  2. Michelangelo16
  3. Martin Luther8
  4. Christopher Columbus39–40
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli22
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus18
  7. Ferdinand Magellan8–13
  8. Raphael8
  9. Albrecht Dürer20
  10. Vasco da Gama21–33
  11. Hernán Cortés5–6
  12. Erasmus25
  13. Thomas More11–15
  14. Henry VIII of Englandborn
  15. Sandro Botticelli43–48
  16. Amerigo Vespucci37
  17. Babur8
  18. Guru Nanak22
  19. Alexander VI58–62
  20. Isabella I of Castile40
  21. Huldrych Zwingli7
  22. Julius II48
  23. Leo X16
  24. Hieronymus Bosch38–43
  25. Paul III23
  26. Ludovico Ariosto17
  27. Ferdinand II of Aragon39
  28. Francisco Pizarro11–15