Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Michelangelo alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Michelangelo were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1475 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 23 or 24 when Michelangelo was born.

Michelangelo 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

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

Born 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Miguel de Cervantes
  8. Galileo Galilei
Christopher Columbus and Michelangelo 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.