Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Jonathan Swift alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Jonathan Swift were alive at the same time for 59 years, from 1667 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 24 when Jonathan Swift was born.

Jonathan Swift was 59 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

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist

Born 30 November 1667 · died 19 October 1745, aged 77

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