Who Was Alive

Were Robert Hooke and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Hooke and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1685 to 1703.

Robert Hooke was 49 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 17 when Robert Hooke died, aged 67.

Robert Hooke

English natural philosopher, architect and polymath

Born 18 July 1635 (Julian calendar) · died 3 March 1703 (Julian calendar), aged 67

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Born 21 March 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 28 July 1750, aged 65

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Robert Hooke
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Robert Hooke and Johann Sebastian Bach 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.