Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Louis XIV of France alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Louis XIV of France were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1638 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 74 when Louis XIV of France was born.

Louis XIV of France was 3 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Louis XIV of France

King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715

Born 5 September 1638 · died 1 September 1715, aged 76

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