Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Denis Diderot alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Denis Diderot were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1713 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 70 when Denis Diderot was born.

Denis Diderot was 13 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

Denis Diderot

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist

Born 5 October 1713 · died 31 July 1784, aged 70

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