Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1492?

29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1492. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1492: Jacques Cartier.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci40
  2. Michelangelo17
  3. Martin Luther9
  4. Christopher Columbus40–41
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli23
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus19
  7. Ferdinand Magellan9–14
  8. Raphael9
  9. Albrecht Dürer21
  10. Vasco da Gama22–34
  11. Hernán Cortés6–7
  12. Jacques Cartierborn
  13. Erasmus26
  14. Thomas More12–16
  15. Henry VIII of England1
  16. Sandro Botticelli44–49
  17. Amerigo Vespucci38
  18. Babur9
  19. Guru Nanak23
  20. Alexander VI59–63
  21. Isabella I of Castile41
  22. Huldrych Zwingli8
  23. Julius II49
  24. Leo X17
  25. Hieronymus Bosch39–44
  26. Paul III24
  27. Ludovico Ariosto18
  28. Ferdinand II of Aragon40
  29. Francisco Pizarro12–16