Michelangelo · Luís de Camões Were Michelangelo and Luís de Camões alive at the same time? Yes. Michelangelo and Luís de Camões were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1524–1525 to 1564. Michelangelo was 49 when Luís de Camões was born.Luís de Camões was 39 when Michelangelo died, aged 88. MichelangeloItalian artist and architectBorn 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88Luís de Camões16th-century Portuguese poetBorn 1524–1525 · died 10 June 1580, aged 55 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciMichelangeloMartin LutherLuís de CamõesMiguel de CervantesGalileo GalileiWilliam Shakespeare Michelangelo and Luís de Camões 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.