Who Was Alive

Were Amerigo Vespucci and Michelangelo alive at the same time?

Yes. Amerigo Vespucci and Michelangelo were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1475 to 1512.

Amerigo Vespucci was 20 when Michelangelo was born.

Michelangelo was 36 when Amerigo Vespucci died, aged 57.

Amerigo Vespucci

Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer

Born 9 March 1454 · died 22 February 1512, aged 57

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

Born 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Amerigo Vespucci
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Miguel de Cervantes
  8. Galileo Galilei
Amerigo Vespucci and Michelangelo in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.