Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Pope Pius IV alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Pope Pius IV were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1499 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 46 when Pope Pius IV was born.

Pope Pius IV was 20 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

Pope Pius IV

Pope Pius IV

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 31 March 1499 · died 9 December 1565, aged 66

  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. Pope Pius IV, 1499 – 1565
  8. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  9. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616

Leonardo da Vinci and Pope Pius IV 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 Pope Pius IV were born

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