Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Giorgione alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Giorgione were alive at the same time for 27 or 28 years, from 1478 to 1506.

Giorgione was 27 or 28 when Christopher Columbus died, aged 54 or 55.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

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

Giorgione

Giorgione

Venetian painter

Born 1478 · died 1510, aged 31 or 32

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  5. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  6. Giorgione, 1478 – 1510
  7. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Christopher Columbus and Giorgione in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Christopher Columbus and Giorgione were born

Christopher Columbus and Giorgione are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (7 of 7 placed); tap one to open that person.
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