Who Was Alive

Were Suleiman the Magnificent and Galileo Galilei alive at the same time?

Yes. Suleiman the Magnificent and Galileo Galilei were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1564 to 1566.

Suleiman the Magnificent was 69 when Galileo Galilei was born.

Galileo Galilei was 2 when Suleiman the Magnificent died, aged 71.

Suleiman the Magnificent

The tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire

Born 6 November 1494 · died 6 September 1566, aged 71

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

Born 15 February 1564 · died 8 January 1642, aged 77

  1. Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Michelangelo
  3. Martin Luther
  4. Suleiman the Magnificent
  5. Miguel de Cervantes
  6. Galileo Galilei
  7. William Shakespeare
  8. René Descartes
  9. Molière
Suleiman the Magnificent and Galileo Galilei 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.