Galileo Galilei · Rembrandt Were Galileo Galilei and Rembrandt alive at the same time? Yes. Galileo Galilei and Rembrandt were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1606 to 1642. Galileo Galilei was 42 when Rembrandt was born.Rembrandt was 35 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77. Galileo GalileiItalian polymathBorn 15 February 1564 · died 8 January 1642, aged 77RembrandtDutch painter and printmakerBorn 15 July 1606 · died 4 October 1669, aged 63 MichelangeloMiguel de CervantesGalileo GalileiWilliam ShakespeareRené DescartesRembrandtMolièreIsaac Newton Galileo Galilei and Rembrandt 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.