Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1463 to 1494.

Leonardo da Vinci was 10 when Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 42 when Giovanni Pico della Mirandola died, aged 31.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath

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

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Italian philosopher

Born 24 February 1463 · died 17 November 1494, aged 31

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, 1463 – 1494
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  6. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  7. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Leonardo da Vinci and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Events both lived through

  • Columbus’s voyages 1493–1504Leonardo da Vinci was 39 or 40; Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was 28 or 29

Where Leonardo da Vinci and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola were born

Leonardo da Vinci and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (7 of 7 placed); tap one to open that person.
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