Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Philipp Melanchthon alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Philipp Melanchthon were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1497 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 44 when Philipp Melanchthon was born.

Philipp Melanchthon 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

Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon

German reformer

Born 16 February 1497 · died 19 April 1560, aged 63

  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. Philipp Melanchthon, 1497 – 1560
  8. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616

Leonardo da Vinci and Philipp Melanchthon 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 Philipp Melanchthon were born

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