Who Was Alive

Were Michelangelo and Pieter Brueghel the Elder alive at the same time?

Yes. Michelangelo and Pieter Brueghel the Elder were alive at the same time, from c. 1525 to 1564.

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

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

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Flemish painter

Born c. 1525 · died 9 September 1569

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Michelangelo
  4. Martin Luther
  5. Pieter Brueghel the Elder
  6. Miguel de Cervantes
  7. Galileo Galilei
  8. William Shakespeare
Michelangelo and Pieter Brueghel the Elder 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.