Who Was Alive

Were Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Galileo Galilei alive at the same time?

Yes. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Galileo Galilei were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1564 to 1594.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was 38 or 39 when Galileo Galilei was born.

Galileo Galilei was 29 when Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina died, aged 68 or 69.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Italian Renaissance composer

Born 1525 · died 2 February 1594, aged 68 or 69

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Martin Luther
  3. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  4. Miguel de Cervantes
  5. Galileo Galilei
  6. William Shakespeare
  7. René Descartes
  8. Molière
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Galileo Galilei 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.