Who Was Alive

Were Luís de Camões and William Shakespeare alive at the same time?

Yes. Luís de Camões and William Shakespeare were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1564 to 1580.

Luís de Camões was 39 when William Shakespeare was born.

William Shakespeare was 16 when Luís de Camões died, aged 55.

Luís de Camões

16th-century Portuguese poet

Born 1524–1525 · died 10 June 1580, aged 55

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

Born April 1564 · died 23 April 1616 (Julian calendar), aged 51 or 52

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Martin Luther
  3. Luís de Camões
  4. Miguel de Cervantes
  5. Francis Bacon
  6. Galileo Galilei
  7. William Shakespeare
  8. René Descartes
  9. Rembrandt
Luís de Camões and William Shakespeare 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.