Who Was Alive

Were Pierre Corneille and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Pierre Corneille and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1642 to 1684.

Pierre Corneille was 36 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 41 when Pierre Corneille died, aged 78.

Pierre Corneille

French tragedian

Born 6 June 1606 · died 1 October 1684, aged 78

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

  1. Miguel de Cervantes
  2. Galileo Galilei
  3. William Shakespeare
  4. René Descartes
  5. Pierre Corneille
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Pierre Corneille 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.