Who Was Alive

Were Michelangelo and François Rabelais alive at the same time?

Yes. Michelangelo and François Rabelais were alive at the same time for 58 or 59 years, from 1494 to 1553.

Michelangelo was 18 or 19 when François Rabelais was born.

Michelangelo was 78 when François Rabelais died, aged 58 or 59.

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

Born 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88

François Rabelais

16th-century French writer and humanist

Born 1494 · died 9 April 1553, aged 58 or 59

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Michelangelo
  4. Martin Luther
  5. François Rabelais
  6. Miguel de Cervantes
  7. Galileo Galilei
Michelangelo and François Rabelais 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.