Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Hobbes and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Hobbes and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1642 to 1679.

Thomas Hobbes was 54 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 36 when Thomas Hobbes died, aged 91.

Thomas Hobbes

English philosopher

Born 5 April 1588 · died 4 December 1679, aged 91

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

  1. Miguel de Cervantes
  2. Galileo Galilei
  3. William Shakespeare
  4. Thomas Hobbes
  5. René Descartes
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Thomas Hobbes and Isaac Newton 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.