Michelangelo · Martin Luther Were Michelangelo and Martin Luther alive at the same time? Yes. Michelangelo and Martin Luther were alive at the same time for 62 years, from 1483 to 1546. Michelangelo was 8 when Martin Luther was born.Michelangelo was 70 when Martin Luther died, aged 62. MichelangeloItalian artist and architectBorn 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88Martin LutherGerman priest and theologianBorn 10 November 1483 · died 18 February 1546, aged 62 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciNiccolò MachiavelliNicolaus CopernicusMichelangeloMartin LutherMiguel de CervantesGalileo Galilei Michelangelo and Martin Luther 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.