Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Aurangzeb alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Aurangzeb were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1618 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 54 when Aurangzeb was born.

Aurangzeb was 23 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Aurangzeb

The sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707

Born 3 November 1618 · died 3 March 1707, aged 88

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. René Descartes
  6. Aurangzeb
  7. Molière
  8. Isaac Newton
  9. Johann Sebastian Bach
  10. Voltaire
Galileo Galilei and Aurangzeb 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.