Who Was Alive

Were Robert Hooke and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Hooke and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1694 to 1703.

Robert Hooke was 59 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 8 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

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

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