Who Was Alive

Were Constantine XI Palaiologos and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Constantine XI Palaiologos and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 1 years, from 1452 to 1453.

Constantine XI Palaiologos was 48 when Leonardo da Vinci was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 1 when Constantine XI Palaiologos died, aged 49.

Constantine XI Palaiologos

Constantine XI Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor

Born 8 February 1404 · died 29 May 1453, aged 49

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath

Born 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Constantine XI Palaiologos, 1404 – 1453
  4. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  5. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  6. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  7. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  9. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  10. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Constantine XI Palaiologos and Leonardo da Vinci 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 Constantine XI Palaiologos and Leonardo da Vinci were born

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