Who Was Alive

Were Charles Perrault and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Charles Perrault and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 60 years, from 1642 to 1703.

Charles Perrault was 14 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 60 when Charles Perrault died, aged 75.

Charles Perrault

French author

Born 12 January 1628 · died 16 May 1703, aged 75

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Charles Perrault
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. Immanuel Kant
Charles Perrault and Isaac Newton in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.