Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1482?

21 of the people we track were surely alive in 1482. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci30
  2. Michelangelo7
  3. Christopher Columbus30–31
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli13
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus9
  6. Albrecht Dürer11
  7. Vasco da Gama12–24
  8. Erasmus16
  9. Thomas More2–6
  10. Sandro Botticelli34–39
  11. Amerigo Vespucci28
  12. Guru Nanak13
  13. Alexander VI49–53
  14. Isabella I of Castile31
  15. Julius II39
  16. Leo X7
  17. Hieronymus Bosch29–34
  18. Paul III14
  19. Ludovico Ariosto8
  20. Ferdinand II of Aragon30
  21. Francisco Pizarro2–6