Who Was Alive

Were Skanderbeg and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Skanderbeg and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1452 to 1468.

Skanderbeg was 46 when Leonardo da Vinci was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 15 when Skanderbeg died, aged 62.

Skanderbeg

Skanderbeg

Albanian military commander

Born 6 May 1405 · died 17 January 1468, aged 62

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath

Born 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Skanderbeg, 1405 – 1468
  4. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  5. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  6. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  7. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  9. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  10. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Skanderbeg and Leonardo da Vinci in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Skanderbeg and Leonardo da Vinci were born

Skanderbeg and Leonardo da Vinci are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (10 of 10 placed); tap one to open that person.
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