Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1480?

22 of the people we track were surely alive in 1480. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci28
  2. Michelangelo5
  3. Christopher Columbus28–29
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli11
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus7
  6. Albrecht Dürer9
  7. Vasco da Gama10–22
  8. Erasmus14
  9. Thomas More0–4
  10. Mehmed II48
  11. Sandro Botticelli32–37
  12. Amerigo Vespucci26
  13. Guru Nanak11
  14. Alexander VI47–51
  15. Isabella I of Castile29
  16. Julius II37
  17. Leo X5
  18. Hieronymus Bosch27–32
  19. Paul III12
  20. Ludovico Ariosto6
  21. Ferdinand II of Aragon28
  22. Francisco Pizarro0–4