Who Was Alive

Were Pieter Brueghel the Elder and William Shakespeare alive at the same time?

Yes. Pieter Brueghel the Elder and William Shakespeare were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1564 to 1569.

William Shakespeare was 5 when Pieter Brueghel the Elder died.

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Flemish painter

Born c. 1525 · died 9 September 1569

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. Pieter Brueghel the Elder
  4. Miguel de Cervantes
  5. Francis Bacon
  6. Galileo Galilei
  7. William Shakespeare
  8. René Descartes
  9. Rembrandt
Pieter Brueghel the Elder 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.