Who Was Alive

Were Edmond Halley and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Edmond Halley and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1694 to 1742.

Edmond Halley was 38 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 47 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

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

  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. Napoleon
Edmond Halley and Voltaire 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.