Who Was Alive

Were Michelangelo and Thomas More alive at the same time?

Yes. Michelangelo and Thomas More were alive at the same time, from c. 1478 to 1535.

Michelangelo was 60 when Thomas More died.

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

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

Thomas More

English statesman, lawyer and philosopher

Born c. 1478 · died 6 July 1535

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. Michelangelo
  5. Thomas More
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Miguel de Cervantes
  8. Galileo Galilei
Michelangelo and Thomas More 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.