Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and George Frideric Handel alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and George Frideric Handel were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1685 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 42 when George Frideric Handel was born.

George Frideric Handel was 42 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

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer

Born 23 February 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 14 April 1759, aged 74

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