Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1471 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 19 when Albrecht Dürer was born.

Albrecht Dürer was 47 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Albrecht Dürer

German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist

Born 21 May 1471 · died 6 April 1528, aged 56

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