Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Peter the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Peter the Great were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1672 to 1725.

Isaac Newton was 29 when Peter the Great was born.

Isaac Newton was 82 when Peter the Great died, aged 52.

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

Peter the Great

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

Born 30 May 1672 (Julian calendar) · died 28 January 1725 (Julian calendar), aged 52

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Peter the Great
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Voltaire
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. Immanuel Kant
Isaac Newton and Peter the Great 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.