Who Was Alive

Were Hieronymus Bosch and Christopher Columbus alive at the same time?

Yes. Hieronymus Bosch and Christopher Columbus were alive at the same time, from c. 1450 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was about a year old when Hieronymus Bosch was born.

Hieronymus Bosch

Painters in art

Born c. 1450 · died 9 August 1516

Christopher Columbus

Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist

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

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