Famous Lives
Who was alive at the same time: history's best known leaders, religious figures, explorers, thinkers, scientists, writers, composers and painters, each from birth to death in their field's color — never more than 12 at once.
Events 457 totals
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Feb
23
1404
Leon Battista Alberti · 1404–1472
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Jun
1
1404
Murad II · 1404–1451
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Oct
27
1405
Pius II · 1405–1464
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Jan
15
1412
Joan of Arc · 1412–1431
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Jan
1
1430
Antonello da Messina · 1430–1479
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Jan
1
1431
François Villon · 1431–1464
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Apr
8
1432
Mehmed II · 1432–1481
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May
7
1442
Edward IV of England · 1442–1483
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Sep
10
1451
Christopher Columbus · 1451–1506
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Apr
24
1452
Leonardo da Vinci · 1452–1519
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Oct
11
1452
Richard III of England · 1452–1485
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Jan
1
1460
Vasco da Gama · 1460–1525
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Nov
6
1466
Erasmus · 1466–1536
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May
12
1469
Niccolò Machiavelli · 1469–1527
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May
30
1471
Albrecht Dürer · 1471–1528
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Feb
28
1473
Nicolaus Copernicus · 1473–1543
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Mar
15
1475
Michelangelo · 1475–1564
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Jan
1
1480
Ferdinand Magellan · 1480–1521
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Apr
6
1483
Raphael · 1483–1520
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Nov
19
1483
Martin Luther · 1483–1546
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Jan
9
1492
Jacques Cartier · 1492–1557
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Jul
20
1509
John Calvin · 1509–1564
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Jan
1
1525
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina · 1525–1594
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Jan
1
1525
Pieter Brueghel the Elder · 1525–1569
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Aug
25
1530
Ivan the Terrible · 1530–1584
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