Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and James VI and I alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and James VI and I were alive at the same time for 58 years, from 1566 to 1625.

Galileo Galilei was 2 when James VI and I was born.

Galileo Galilei was 61 when James VI and I died, aged 58.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

James VI and I

King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625

Born 19 June 1566 · died 27 March 1625 (Julian calendar), aged 58

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. James VI and I
  6. René Descartes
  7. Molière
Galileo Galilei and James VI and I 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.