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Pope Pius III
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Pope Pius III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 9 May 1439 · died 18 October 1503, aged 64
Also known as Pius III

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Pius III?

  1. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  2. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  3. Pope Pius III, 1439 – 1503
  4. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  5. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  6. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  7. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  8. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  9. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  10. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  11. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  12. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  13. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  14. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  15. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  16. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  17. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  18. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  19. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  20. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  21. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  22. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  23. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  24. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500 – 1558

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When Pope Pius III was born, Mehmed II was 7, François Villon was 7 or 8, Pope Pius II was 33, Leon Battista Alberti was 35 and Pope Callixtus III was 60.

When Pope Pius III died, Leonardo da Vinci was 51, Michelangelo was 28, Martin Luther was 19, Christopher Columbus was 51 or 52 and Niccolò Machiavelli was 34.

Born during Pope Pius III’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan and Raphael.

Not quite contemporaries: Joan of Arc died about 8 years before Pope Pius III was born, Zheng He died about 3 years before Pope Pius III was born, John Calvin was born about 6 years after Pope Pius III died and Nostradamus was born months after Pope Pius III died.

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The 138 best-known contemporaries

138 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Pius III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1471.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  12. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  13. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  14. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  15. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  16. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  17. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  18. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  19. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500 – 1558
  20. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  21. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  22. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  23. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  24. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  25. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  26. Babur 1483 – 1530
  27. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  28. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  29. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  30. Anne Boleyn 1501 – 1536
  31. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  32. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  33. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  34. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  35. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  36. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  37. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  38. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  39. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  40. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  41. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  42. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  43. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  44. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  45. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  46. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  47. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  48. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  49. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  50. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  51. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  52. Jami 1414 – 1492
  53. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  54. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  55. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  56. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  57. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  58. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  59. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  60. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  61. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  62. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  63. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  64. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  65. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  66. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  67. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  68. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  69. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  70. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  71. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  72. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  73. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  74. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  75. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  76. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  77. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  78. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  79. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  80. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  81. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  82. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  83. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  84. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503 – 1564
  85. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  86. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  87. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  88. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  89. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  90. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  91. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  92. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  93. Pope Marcellus II 1501 – 1555
  94. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  95. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  96. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  97. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  98. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  99. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  100. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  101. Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543
  102. Hernando de Soto c. 1500 – 1542
  103. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  104. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  105. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  106. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  107. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  108. Atahualpa c. 1500 – 1533
  109. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  110. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  111. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  112. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  113. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  114. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  115. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  116. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  117. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  118. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  119. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  120. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  121. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  122. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  123. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  124. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  125. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  126. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  127. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  128. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  129. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  130. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  131. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  132. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  133. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  134. James IV 1473 – 1513
  135. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  136. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  137. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535
  138. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457