Leonardo da Vinci · Nostradamus Were Leonardo da Vinci and Nostradamus alive at the same time? Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Nostradamus were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1503 to 1519. Leonardo da Vinci was 51 when Nostradamus was born.Nostradamus was 15 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67. Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymathBorn 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67NostradamusFrench seer and astrologerBorn 14 December 1503 · died 2 July 1566, aged 62 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciNiccolò MachiavelliNicolaus CopernicusMichelangeloMartin LutherNostradamusGalileo GalileiWilliam Shakespeare Leonardo da Vinci and Nostradamus 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.