Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and John Dryden alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and John Dryden were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1631 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 67 when John Dryden was born.

John Dryden was 10 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

John Dryden

17th-century English poet and playwright

Born 9 August 1631 (Julian calendar) · died 1 May 1700 (Julian calendar), aged 68

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