Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Benedict XIV alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Benedict XIV were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1675 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 32 when Benedict XIV was born.

Benedict XIV was 52 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

Benedict XIV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758

Born 31 March 1675 · died 3 May 1758, aged 83

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