Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1706 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 63 when Benjamin Franklin was born.

Benjamin Franklin was 21 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

Benjamin Franklin

American polymath and statesman

Born 17 January 1706 · died 17 April 1790, aged 84

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