Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley were alive at the same time for 70 years, from 1656 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 13 when Edmond Halley was born.

Edmond Halley was 70 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

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

Born 8 November 1656 · died 25 January 1742, aged 85

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Edmond Halley
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Voltaire
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley 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.