Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Francis I of France alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Francis I of France were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1494 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 42 when Francis I of France was born.

Francis I of France was 24 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Francis I of France

King of France from 1515 to 1547

Born 12 September 1494 · died 31 March 1547, aged 52

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Francis I of France
Leonardo da Vinci and Francis I of France 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.