Who Was Alive

Were Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and William Shakespeare alive at the same time?

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

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was 38 or 39 when William Shakespeare was born.

William Shakespeare 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

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

Born April 1564 · died 23 April 1616 (Julian calendar), aged 51 or 52

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