Who Was Alive

Were Michelangelo and Suleiman the Magnificent alive at the same time?

Yes. Michelangelo and Suleiman the Magnificent were alive at the same time for 69 years, from 1494 to 1564.

Michelangelo was 19 when Suleiman the Magnificent was born.

Suleiman the Magnificent was 69 when Michelangelo died, aged 88.

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

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

Suleiman the Magnificent

The tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire

Born 6 November 1494 · died 6 September 1566, aged 71

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