Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Albrecht Dürer alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Albrecht Dürer were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1471 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 19 or 20 when Albrecht Dürer was born.

Albrecht Dürer was 35 when Christopher Columbus died, aged 54 or 55.

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

Born 1451 · died 20 May 1506, aged 54 or 55

Albrecht Dürer

German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist

Born 21 May 1471 · died 6 April 1528, aged 56

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Albrecht Dürer
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus
  6. Michelangelo
  7. Martin Luther
Christopher Columbus and Albrecht Dürer 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.