Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Isabella I of Castile alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Isabella I of Castile were alive at the same time for 52 or 53 years, from 1451 to 1504.

Isabella I of Castile was under a year old when Christopher Columbus was born.

Christopher Columbus was 52 or 53 when Isabella I of Castile died, aged 53.

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

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

Isabella I of Castile

Queen of the Crown of Castile, from 1474 to 1504; first queen of a dynastically-united Spain, from 1479 to 1504

Born 22 April 1451 · died 26 November 1504, aged 53

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Isabella I of Castile
  3. Leonardo da Vinci
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus
  6. Michelangelo
  7. Martin Luther
Christopher Columbus and Isabella I of Castile 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.