Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Guru Nanak alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Guru Nanak were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1469 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 17 or 18 when Guru Nanak was born.

Guru Nanak was 37 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

Guru Nanak

First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism

Born 15 April 1469 · died 22 September 1539, aged 70

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