Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Gustav Vasa alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Gustav Vasa were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1496 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 44 when Gustav Vasa was born.

Gustav Vasa was 22 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath

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

Gustav Vasa

Gustav Vasa

Monarch of Sweden

Born 12 May 1496 · died 29 September 1560, aged 64

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  5. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  6. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  7. Gustav Vasa, 1496 – 1560
  8. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616

Leonardo da Vinci and Gustav Vasa 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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Where Leonardo da Vinci and Gustav Vasa were born

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