Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Paracelsus alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Paracelsus were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1493 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 41 or 42 when Paracelsus was born.

Paracelsus was 12 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

Paracelsus

Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist

Born 10 November 1493 · died 24 September 1541, aged 47

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