Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Robert Boyle alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Robert Boyle were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1627 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 62 when Robert Boyle was born.

Robert Boyle was 14 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Robert Boyle

Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

Born 25 January 1627 · died 31 December 1691, aged 64

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