Michelangelo · Nostradamus Were Michelangelo and Nostradamus alive at the same time? Yes. Michelangelo and Nostradamus were alive at the same time for 60 years, from 1503 to 1564. Michelangelo was 28 when Nostradamus was born.Nostradamus was 60 when Michelangelo died, aged 88. MichelangeloItalian artist and architectBorn 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88NostradamusFrench seer and astrologerBorn 14 December 1503 · died 2 July 1566, aged 62 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciMichelangeloMartin LutherNostradamusMiguel de CervantesGalileo GalileiWilliam Shakespeare Michelangelo and Nostradamus 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.