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Lorenzo de' Medici
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Lorenzo de' Medici

Italian politician

Born 1 January 1449 · died 8 April 1492, aged 43
Also known as Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lorenzo de'Medici, Lorenzo de Medici

Who was alive at the same time as Lorenzo de' Medici?

  1. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  2. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  4. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  5. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  6. Lorenzo de' Medici, 1449 – 1492
  7. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  8. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  9. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  10. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  12. Guru Nanak, 1469 – 1539
  13. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  14. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  15. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  16. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  17. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  18. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  19. Babur, 1483 – 1530
  20. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  21. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  22. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  23. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  24. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557

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When Lorenzo de' Medici was born, Mehmed II was 16, François Villon was 17 or 18, Pope Julius II was 5, Pope Pius II was 43 and Leon Battista Alberti was 44.

When Lorenzo de' Medici died, Leonardo da Vinci was 39, Michelangelo was 17, Martin Luther was 8, Christopher Columbus was 40 or 41 and Niccolò Machiavelli was 22.

Born during Lorenzo de' Medici’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan and Raphael.

Not quite contemporaries: Zheng He died about 13 years before Lorenzo de' Medici was born, Suleiman the Magnificent was born about 2 years after Lorenzo de' Medici died, François Rabelais was born about 2 years after Lorenzo de' Medici died and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 8 years after Lorenzo de' Medici died.

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The 111 best-known contemporaries

111 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Lorenzo de' Medici. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1471.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  12. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  13. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  14. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  15. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  16. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  17. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  18. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  19. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  20. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  21. Babur 1483 – 1530
  22. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  23. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  24. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  25. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  26. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  27. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  28. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  29. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  30. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  31. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  32. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  33. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  34. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  35. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  36. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  37. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  38. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  39. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  40. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  41. Jami 1414 – 1492
  42. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  43. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  44. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  45. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  46. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  47. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  48. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  49. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  50. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  51. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  52. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  53. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  54. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  55. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  56. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  57. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  58. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  59. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  60. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  61. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  62. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  63. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  64. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  65. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  66. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  67. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  68. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  69. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  70. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  71. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  72. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  73. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  74. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  75. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  76. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  77. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  78. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  79. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  80. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  81. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  82. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  83. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  84. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  85. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  86. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  87. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  88. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  89. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  90. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  91. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  92. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  93. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  94. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  95. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  96. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  97. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  98. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  99. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  100. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  101. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  102. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  103. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  104. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  105. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  106. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  107. James IV 1473 – 1513
  108. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  109. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  110. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535
  111. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457