Who Was Alive
Louis XII
Workshop of Jean Perréal, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Louis XII

King of France

Born 27 June 1462 · died 1 January 1515, aged 52
Also known as Louis XII of France, Père du Peuple

Who was alive at the same time as Louis XII?

  1. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  2. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  3. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  4. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  5. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  6. Louis XII, 1462 – 1515
  7. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  8. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  9. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  10. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  11. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  12. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  13. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  14. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  15. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  16. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  17. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  18. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  19. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  20. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  21. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  22. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500 – 1558
  23. Nostradamus, 1503 – 1566
  24. John Calvin, 1509 – 1564

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Louis XII was born, Leonardo da Vinci was 10, Christopher Columbus was 10 or 11, Mehmed II was 30, Amerigo Vespucci was 8 and Isabella I of Castile was 11.

When Louis XII died, Leonardo da Vinci was 62, Michelangelo was 39, Martin Luther was 31, Niccolò Machiavelli was 45 and Nicolaus Copernicus was 41.

Born during Louis XII’s lifetime: Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan, Raphael, Albrecht Dürer and Hernán Cortés.

Not quite contemporaries: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born about 10 years after Louis XII died, Luís de Camões was born about 9 years after Louis XII died, Philip II of Spain was born about 12 years after Louis XII died and Teresa of Ávila was born months after Louis XII died.

What happened in Louis XII’s lifetime

Where Louis XII’s contemporaries were born

Louis XII is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (77 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Louis XII

The 138 best-known contemporaries

138 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Louis XII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1489.

  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. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  16. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  17. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  18. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  19. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  20. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500 – 1558
  21. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  22. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  23. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  24. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  25. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  26. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  27. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  28. Babur 1483 – 1530
  29. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  30. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  31. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  32. Anne Boleyn 1501 – 1536
  33. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  34. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  35. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  36. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  37. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  38. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  39. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  40. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  41. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  42. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  43. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  44. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  45. Pope Pius V 1504 – 1572
  46. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  47. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  48. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  49. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  50. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  51. Francis Xavier 1506 – 1552
  52. Giorgio Vasari 1511 – 1574
  53. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  54. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  55. Hürrem Sultan c. 1507 – c. 1560
  56. Jami 1414 – 1492
  57. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  58. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  59. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  60. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  61. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  62. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  63. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  64. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  65. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  66. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  67. Andreas Vesalius 1514 – 1564
  68. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  69. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  70. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  71. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  72. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  73. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  74. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  75. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  76. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  77. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  78. Humayun 1508 – 1556
  79. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  80. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  81. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  82. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  83. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  84. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  85. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  86. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503 – 1564
  87. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  88. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  89. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  90. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  91. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  92. Pope Marcellus II 1501 – 1555
  93. Gerardus Mercator 1512 – 1594
  94. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  95. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  96. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  97. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  98. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  99. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  100. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  101. Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543
  102. Hernando de Soto c. 1500 – 1542
  103. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  104. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  105. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  106. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  107. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  108. Atahualpa c. 1500 – 1533
  109. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  110. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  111. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  112. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  113. James V 1512 – 1542
  114. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  115. Michael Servetus 1511 – 1553
  116. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  117. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  118. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  119. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  120. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  121. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  122. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  123. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  124. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  125. Bronzino 1503 – 1572
  126. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  127. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  128. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  129. Jane Seymour 1508 – 1537
  130. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  131. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  132. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  133. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  134. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  135. James IV 1473 – 1513
  136. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  137. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  138. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535