Who Was Alive

Were Michelangelo and Giordano Bruno alive at the same time?

Yes. Michelangelo and Giordano Bruno were alive at the same time for 15 or 16 years, from 1548 to 1564.

Michelangelo was 72 when Giordano Bruno was born.

Giordano Bruno was 15 or 16 when Michelangelo died, aged 88.

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

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

Giordano Bruno

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician

Born 1548 · died 17 February 1600, aged 51 or 52

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Michelangelo
  4. Martin Luther
  5. Miguel de Cervantes
  6. Giordano Bruno
  7. Galileo Galilei
  8. William Shakespeare
  9. René Descartes
Michelangelo and Giordano Bruno 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.