Michelangelo · Titian Were Michelangelo and Titian alive at the same time? Yes. Michelangelo and Titian were alive at the same time, from c. 1490 to 1564. MichelangeloItalian artist and architectBorn 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88TitianItalian painterBorn c. 1490 · died 27 August 1576 Christopher ColumbusLeonardo da VinciMichelangeloMartin LutherTitianMiguel de CervantesGalileo GalileiWilliam Shakespeare Michelangelo and Titian 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.