Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Ludovico Ariosto alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Ludovico Ariosto were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1474 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 22 or 23 when Ludovico Ariosto was born.

Ludovico Ariosto was 31 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

Ludovico Ariosto

Italian poet

Born 8 September 1474 · died 6 July 1533, aged 58

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