François Villon · Leonardo da Vinci Were François Villon and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time? Yes. François Villon and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 10 or 11 years, from 1452 to 1463. François Villon was 20 or 21 when Leonardo da Vinci was born.Leonardo da Vinci was 10 or 11 when François Villon died, aged 31 or 32. François VillonFrench poet and criminalBorn 1431 · died 1463, aged 31 or 32Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymathBorn 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67 Zheng HeJohannes GutenbergFrançois VillonMehmed IIChristopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciNiccolò MachiavelliNicolaus CopernicusMichelangeloMartin Luther François Villon and Leonardo da Vinci 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.