Who Was Alive

Were Donatello and Christopher Columbus alive at the same time?

Yes. Donatello and Christopher Columbus were alive at the same time for 14 or 15 years, from 1451 to 1466.

Christopher Columbus was 14 or 15 when Donatello died.

Donatello

Early Renaissance Italian sculptor

Born c. 1386 · died 13 December 1466

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

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

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. Donatello
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. Joan of Arc
  5. Christopher Columbus
  6. Leonardo da Vinci
  7. Niccolò Machiavelli
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus
  9. Michelangelo
  10. Martin Luther
Donatello and Christopher Columbus 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.