Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and David Hume alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and David Hume were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1711 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 68 when David Hume was born.

David Hume was 15 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

David Hume

Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

Born 26 April 1711 (Julian calendar) · died 25 August 1776, aged 65

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