Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Amerigo Vespucci alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Amerigo Vespucci were alive at the same time for 57 years, from 1454 to 1512.

Leonardo da Vinci was 1 when Amerigo Vespucci was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 59 when Amerigo Vespucci died, aged 57.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Amerigo Vespucci

Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer

Born 9 March 1454 · died 22 February 1512, aged 57

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