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Pope Paul II
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Pope Paul II

Venetian Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 23 February 1417 · died 26 July 1471, aged 54
Also known as Paul II, pape Paul II, papa Paolo II

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Paul II?

  1. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  2. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  3. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  4. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  5. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  6. Pope Paul II, 1417 – 1471
  7. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  8. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  9. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  10. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  11. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  12. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  13. Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450 – 1516
  14. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  15. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  16. Ferdinand II of Aragon, 1452 – 1516
  17. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  18. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  19. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  20. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  21. Pope Paul III, 1468 – 1549
  22. Guru Nanak, 1469 – 1539
  23. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  24. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Pope Paul II was born, Zheng He was 45 or 46, Pope Pius II was 11, Leon Battista Alberti was 13, Pope Callixtus III was 38 and Henry V of England was 30.

When Pope Paul II died, Leonardo da Vinci was 19, Christopher Columbus was 19 or 20, Niccolò Machiavelli was 2, Albrecht Dürer was under a year old and Erasmus was 4.

Born during Pope Paul II’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Albrecht Dürer, Vasco da Gama, Erasmus, Mehmed II and Sandro Botticelli.

Not quite contemporaries: Michelangelo was born about 4 years after Pope Paul II died, Martin Luther was born about 12 years after Pope Paul II died, Nicolaus Copernicus was born about 2 years after Pope Paul II died and Ferdinand Magellan was born about 7 years after Pope Paul II died.

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Where Pope Paul II’s contemporaries were born

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The 95 best-known contemporaries

95 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Paul II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1444.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  4. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  5. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  6. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  7. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  8. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  9. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  10. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  11. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  12. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  13. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  14. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  15. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  16. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  17. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  18. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  19. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  20. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  21. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  22. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  23. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  24. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  25. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  26. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  27. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  28. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  29. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  30. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  31. Jami 1414 – 1492
  32. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  33. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  34. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  35. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  36. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  37. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  38. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  39. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  40. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  41. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  42. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  43. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  44. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  45. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  46. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  47. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  48. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  49. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  50. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  51. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  52. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  53. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  54. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  55. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  56. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  57. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  58. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  59. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  60. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  61. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  62. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  63. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  64. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  65. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  66. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  67. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  68. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  69. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  70. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  71. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  72. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  73. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  74. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  75. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  76. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  77. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  78. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  79. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  80. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  81. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  82. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  83. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  84. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  85. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  86. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  87. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  88. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  89. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  90. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  91. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  92. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  93. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  94. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  95. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457