Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Immanuel Kant alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Immanuel Kant were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1724 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 81 when Immanuel Kant was born.

Immanuel Kant was 2 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

Immanuel Kant

German philosopher

Born 22 April 1724 · died 12 February 1804, aged 79

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