Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1717 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 74 when Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was born.

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was 9 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

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist

Born 16 November 1717 · died 29 October 1783, aged 65

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