Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Adam Smith alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Adam Smith were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1723 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 80 when Adam Smith was born.

Adam Smith was 3 when Isaac Newton died, aged 84.

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

Adam Smith

Scottish moral philosopher and political economist

Born June 1723 · died 17 July 1790, aged 67

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  6. Adam Smith
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  10. Napoleon
Isaac Newton and Adam Smith 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.