Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Carl Linnaeus alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Carl Linnaeus were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1707 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 64 when Carl Linnaeus was born.

Carl Linnaeus was 19 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

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundations of modern taxonomy

Born 23 May 1707 · died 10 January 1778, aged 70

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