Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1488?

27 of the people we track were surely alive in 1488. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci36
  2. Michelangelo13
  3. Martin Luther5
  4. Christopher Columbus36–37
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli19
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus15
  7. Ferdinand Magellan5–10
  8. Raphael5
  9. Albrecht Dürer17
  10. Vasco da Gama18–30
  11. Hernán Cortés2–3
  12. Erasmus22
  13. Thomas More8–12
  14. Sandro Botticelli40–45
  15. Amerigo Vespucci34
  16. Babur5
  17. Guru Nanak19
  18. Alexander VI55–59
  19. Isabella I of Castile37
  20. Huldrych Zwingli4
  21. Julius II45
  22. Leo X13
  23. Hieronymus Bosch35–40
  24. Paul III20
  25. Ludovico Ariosto14
  26. Ferdinand II of Aragon36
  27. Francisco Pizarro8–12