Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Hans Holbein the Younger alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Hans Holbein the Younger were alive at the same time for 21 or 22 years, from 1497 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 44 or 45 when Hans Holbein the Younger was born.

Hans Holbein the Younger was 21 or 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

Hans Holbein the Younger

Hans Holbein the Younger

German artist and printmaker

Born 1497 · died 29 November 1543, aged 45 or 46

  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. Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497 – 1543

Leonardo da Vinci and Hans Holbein the Younger 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 Hans Holbein the Younger were born

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