Who Was Alive

Were Johannes Vermeer and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Johannes Vermeer and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 31 or 32 years, from 1642 to 1675.

Johannes Vermeer was 10 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 31 or 32 when Johannes Vermeer died, aged 42 or 43.

Johannes Vermeer

Dutch painter

Born October 1632 · died 1675, aged 42 or 43

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Molière
  4. John Locke
  5. Johannes Vermeer
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Johannes Vermeer and Isaac Newton 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.