Who was alive in 1471?

17 of the people we track were surely alive in 1471. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

1. Leonardo da Vinci19
2. Christopher Columbus19–20
3. Niccolò Machiavelli2
4. Albrecht Dürerborn
5. Vasco da Gama1–13
6. Erasmus5
7. Mehmed II39
8. Sandro Botticelli23–28
9. Amerigo Vespucci17
10. Guru Nanak2
11. Alexander VI38–42
12. Isabella I of Castile20
13. Julius II28
14. Hieronymus Bosch18–23
15. Paul III3
16. Vlad the Impaler39–43
17. Ferdinand II of Aragon19