Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Guru Nanak alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Guru Nanak were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1469 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 17 when Guru Nanak was born.

Guru Nanak was 50 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Guru Nanak

First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism

Born 15 April 1469 · died 22 September 1539, aged 70

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