Who Was Alive

Were Edmond Halley and George Washington alive at the same time?

Yes. Edmond Halley and George Washington were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1732 to 1742.

Edmond Halley was 75 when George Washington was born.

George Washington was 9 when Edmond Halley died, aged 85.

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

Born 8 November 1656 · died 25 January 1742, aged 85

George Washington

Founding Father and first U.S. president

Born 22 February 1732 · died 14 December 1799, aged 67

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Edmond Halley
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Immanuel Kant
  6. George Washington
  7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  9. Ludwig van Beethoven
  10. Napoleon
Edmond Halley and George Washington 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.