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Ali-Shir Nava'i
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Ali-Shir Nava'i

Poet

Born 9 February 1441 · died 3 January 1501, aged 59
Also known as Alisher Navoi, 'Alishir Nava'i, Mīr 'Alī Shīr

Who was alive at the same time as Ali-Shir Nava'i?

  1. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  2. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  3. Ali-Shir Nava'i, 1441 – 1501
  4. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  5. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  6. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  7. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  8. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  9. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  10. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  11. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  12. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  13. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  14. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  15. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  16. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  17. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  18. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  19. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  20. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  21. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  22. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  23. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  24. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500 – 1558

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When Ali-Shir Nava'i was born, Mehmed II was 8, François Villon was 9 or 10, Pope Pius II was 35, Leon Battista Alberti was 36 and Pope Callixtus III was 62.

When Ali-Shir Nava'i died, Leonardo da Vinci was 48, Michelangelo was 25, Martin Luther was 17, Christopher Columbus was 49 or 50 and Niccolò Machiavelli was 31.

Born during Ali-Shir Nava'i’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan and Raphael.

Not quite contemporaries: Joan of Arc died about 10 years before Ali-Shir Nava'i was born, Zheng He died about 5 years before Ali-Shir Nava'i was born, John Calvin was born about 8 years after Ali-Shir Nava'i died and Nostradamus was born about 2 years after Ali-Shir Nava'i died.

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The 131 best-known contemporaries

131 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ali-Shir Nava'i. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1471.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  12. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  13. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  14. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  15. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  16. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  17. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  18. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  19. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500 – 1558
  20. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  21. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  22. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  23. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  24. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  25. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  26. Babur 1483 – 1530
  27. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  28. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  29. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  30. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  31. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  32. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  33. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  34. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  35. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  36. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  37. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  38. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  39. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  40. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  41. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  42. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  43. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  44. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  45. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  46. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  47. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  48. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  49. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  50. Jami 1414 – 1492
  51. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  52. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  53. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  54. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  55. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  56. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  57. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  58. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  59. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  60. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  61. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  62. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  63. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  64. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  65. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  66. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  67. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  68. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  69. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  70. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  71. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  72. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  73. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  74. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  75. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  76. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  77. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  78. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  79. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  80. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  81. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  82. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  83. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  84. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  85. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  86. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  87. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  88. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  89. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  90. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  91. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  92. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  93. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  94. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  95. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  96. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  97. Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543
  98. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  99. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  100. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  101. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  102. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  103. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  104. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  105. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  106. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  107. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  108. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  109. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  110. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  111. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  112. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  113. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  114. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  115. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  116. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  117. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  118. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  119. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  120. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  121. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  122. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  123. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  124. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  125. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  126. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  127. James IV 1473 – 1513
  128. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  129. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  130. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535
  131. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457