Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas More alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas More were alive at the same time, from c. 1478 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

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

Thomas More

English statesman, lawyer and philosopher

Born c. 1478 · died 6 July 1535

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Thomas More
  7. Martin Luther
Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas More 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.