Who Was Alive

Were Torquato Tasso and William Shakespeare alive at the same time?

Yes. Torquato Tasso and William Shakespeare were alive at the same time for 30 or 31 years, from 1564 to 1595.

Torquato Tasso was 20 when William Shakespeare was born.

William Shakespeare was 30 or 31 when Torquato Tasso died, aged 51.

Torquato Tasso

Italian poet

Born 11 March 1544 · died 25 April 1595, aged 51

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. Torquato Tasso
  4. Miguel de Cervantes
  5. Francis Bacon
  6. Galileo Galilei
  7. William Shakespeare
  8. René Descartes
  9. Rembrandt
Torquato Tasso 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.