Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Johannes Vermeer alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Johannes Vermeer were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1632 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 68 when Johannes Vermeer was born.

Johannes Vermeer was 9 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Johannes Vermeer

Dutch painter

Born October 1632 · died 1675, aged 42 or 43

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