dirtnapp / is christopher columbus alive or dead?
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1451
- died
- 1506
- age at death
- 55
- known for
- explorer, seafarer, traveler
1451 – 1506
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where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Christopher Columbus in 1506, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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