Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1481?

22 of the people we track were surely alive in 1481. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1481: Mehmed II.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci29
  2. Michelangelo6
  3. Christopher Columbus29–30
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli12
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus8
  6. Albrecht Dürer10
  7. Vasco da Gama11–23
  8. Erasmus15
  9. Thomas More1–5
  10. Mehmed II49 †
  11. Sandro Botticelli33–38
  12. Amerigo Vespucci27
  13. Guru Nanak12
  14. Alexander VI48–52
  15. Isabella I of Castile30
  16. Julius II38
  17. Leo X6
  18. Hieronymus Bosch28–33
  19. Paul III13
  20. Ludovico Ariosto7
  21. Ferdinand II of Aragon29
  22. Francisco Pizarro1–5