Who Was Alive

Were François de La Rochefoucauld and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. François de La Rochefoucauld and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1642 to 1680.

François de La Rochefoucauld was 29 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 37 when François de La Rochefoucauld died, aged 66.

François de La Rochefoucauld

French author of maxims and memoirs

Born 15 September 1613 · died 17 March 1680, aged 66

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. François de La Rochefoucauld
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
François de La Rochefoucauld 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.