Who Was Alive

Were Evangelista Torricelli and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Evangelista Torricelli and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1642 to 1647.

Evangelista Torricelli was 34 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 4 when Evangelista Torricelli died, aged 39.

Evangelista Torricelli

Italian physicist and mathematician

Born 15 October 1608 · died 25 October 1647, aged 39

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

  1. Miguel de Cervantes
  2. Galileo Galilei
  3. William Shakespeare
  4. René Descartes
  5. Evangelista Torricelli
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Evangelista Torricelli 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.