Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Pius V were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1504 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 51 when Pius V was born.

Pius V was 15 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Pius V

16th‑century Italian pope and Catholic saint, leading Counter‑Reformation reformer

Born 17 January 1504 · died 1 May 1572, aged 68

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Pius V
  8. Galileo Galilei
  9. William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci and Pius V 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.