Who Was Alive

Were John Dryden and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. John Dryden and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 57 years, from 1642 to 1700.

John Dryden was 11 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 57 when John Dryden died, aged 68.

John Dryden

17th-century English poet and playwright

Born 9 August 1631 (Julian calendar) · died 1 May 1700 (Julian calendar), aged 68

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. John Dryden
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. Immanuel Kant
John Dryden 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.