Who was alive in 1470?

16 of the people we track were surely alive in 1470. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Leonardo da Vinci18
2. Christopher Columbus18–19
3. Niccolò Machiavelli1
4. Vasco da Gama0–12
5. Erasmus4
6. Mehmed II38
7. Sandro Botticelli22–27
8. Amerigo Vespucci16
9. Guru Nanak1
10. Alexander VI37–41
11. Isabella I of Castile19
12. Julius II27
13. Hieronymus Bosch17–22
14. Paul III2
15. Vlad the Impaler38–42
16. Ferdinand II of Aragon18