Donatello · Johannes Gutenberg Were Donatello and Johannes Gutenberg alive at the same time? Yes. Donatello and Johannes Gutenberg were alive at the same time, from 1393–1406 to 1466. DonatelloEarly Renaissance Italian sculptorBorn c. 1386 · died 13 December 1466Johannes GutenbergGerman inventor and craftsmanBorn 1393–1406 · died 1468 Geoffrey ChaucerZheng HeDonatelloJohannes GutenbergJoan of ArcChristopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciErasmus Donatello and Johannes Gutenberg 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.