Who Was Alive

Were Pierre-Simon Laplace and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Pierre-Simon Laplace and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1809 to 1827.

Pierre-Simon Laplace was 59 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 18 when Pierre-Simon Laplace died, aged 77.

Pierre-Simon Laplace

French mathematician and astronomer

Born 23 March 1749 · died 5 March 1827, aged 77

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. Pierre-Simon Laplace
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Pierre-Simon Laplace and Charles Darwin 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.