Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Marlowe and Galileo Galilei alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Marlowe and Galileo Galilei were alive at the same time, from c. 1564 to 1593.

Galileo Galilei was 29 when Christopher Marlowe died.

Christopher Marlowe

English dramatist, poet and translator

Born c. 1564 · died 30 May 1593 (Julian calendar)

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

Born 15 February 1564 · died 8 January 1642, aged 77

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Elizabeth I of England
  3. Miguel de Cervantes
  4. Francis Bacon
  5. Christopher Marlowe
  6. Galileo Galilei
  7. William Shakespeare
  8. René Descartes
  9. Molière
Christopher Marlowe and Galileo Galilei 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.