Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Hans Holbein the Younger alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Hans Holbein the Younger were alive at the same time for 8 or 9 years, from 1497 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 45 or 46 when Hans Holbein the Younger was born.

Hans Holbein the Younger was 8 or 9 when Christopher Columbus died, aged 54 or 55.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

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

Hans Holbein the Younger

Hans Holbein the Younger

German artist and printmaker

Born 1497 · died 29 November 1543, aged 45 or 46

  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. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  7. Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497 – 1543

Christopher Columbus and Hans Holbein the Younger 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 Hans Holbein the Younger were born

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