Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Benedictus de Spinoza alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Benedictus de Spinoza were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1632 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 68 when Benedictus de Spinoza was born.

Benedictus de Spinoza was 9 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Benedictus de Spinoza

Dutch philosopher

Born 24 November 1632 · died 21 February 1677, aged 44

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. René Descartes
  6. Molière
  7. John Locke
  8. Benedictus de Spinoza
  9. Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei and Benedictus de Spinoza 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.