Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and François Rabelais alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and François Rabelais were alive at the same time for 24 or 25 years, from 1494 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 41 or 42 when François Rabelais was born.

François Rabelais was 24 or 25 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

François Rabelais

16th-century French writer and humanist

Born 1494 · died 9 April 1553, aged 58 or 59

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. François Rabelais
  8. Miguel de Cervantes
Leonardo da Vinci and François Rabelais 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.