Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Blaise Pascal alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Blaise Pascal were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1623 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 59 when Blaise Pascal was born.

Blaise Pascal was 18 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Blaise Pascal

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher

Born 19 June 1623 · died 19 August 1662, aged 39

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