Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz were alive at the same time for 70 years, from 1646 to 1716.

Isaac Newton was 3 when Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born.

Isaac Newton was 73 when Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz died, aged 70.

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German mathematician and philosopher

Born 21 June 1646 (Julian calendar) · died 14 November 1716, aged 70

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Voltaire
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. Immanuel Kant
Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 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.