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Richard III of England
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Richard III of England

Monarch of England

Born 2 October 1452 · died 22 August 1485, aged 32
Also known as King Richard III

Who was alive at the same time as Richard III of England?

  1. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  2. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  4. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  5. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  6. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  7. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  8. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  9. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  10. Richard III of England, 1452 – 1485
  11. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  12. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  13. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  14. Guru Nanak, 1469 – 1539
  15. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  16. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  17. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  18. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  19. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  20. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  21. Babur, 1483 – 1530
  22. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  23. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  24. Huldrych Zwingli, 1484 – 1531

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When Richard III of England was born, Leonardo da Vinci was under a year old, Christopher Columbus was about a year old, Mehmed II was 20, Isabella I of Castile was 1 and François Villon was 20 or 21.

When Richard III of England died, Leonardo da Vinci was 33, Michelangelo was 10, Martin Luther was 1, Christopher Columbus was 33 or 34 and Niccolò Machiavelli was 16.

Born during Richard III of England’s lifetime: Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan, Raphael, Albrecht Dürer and Vasco da Gama.

Not quite contemporaries: Jacques Cartier was born about 7 years after Richard III of England died, Suleiman the Magnificent was born about 9 years after Richard III of England died, Mimar Sinan was born about 3 years after Richard III of England died and François Rabelais was born about 9 years after Richard III of England died.

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The 98 best-known contemporaries

98 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Richard III of England. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1469.

  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. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  13. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  14. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  15. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  16. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  17. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  18. Babur 1483 – 1530
  19. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  20. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  21. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  22. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  23. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  24. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  25. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  26. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  27. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  28. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  29. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  30. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  31. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  32. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  33. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  34. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  35. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  36. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  37. Jami 1414 – 1492
  38. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  39. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  40. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  41. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  42. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  43. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  44. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  45. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  46. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  47. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  48. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  49. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  50. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  51. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  52. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  53. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  54. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  55. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  56. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  57. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  58. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  59. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  60. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  61. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  62. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  63. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  64. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  65. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  66. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  67. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  68. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  69. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  70. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  71. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  72. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  73. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  74. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  75. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  76. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  77. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  78. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  79. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  80. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  81. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  82. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  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. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  88. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  89. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  90. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  91. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  92. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  93. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  94. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  95. James IV 1473 – 1513
  96. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  97. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  98. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457