Who Was Alive

Were William Shakespeare and Pierre de Fermat alive at the same time?

Yes. William Shakespeare and Pierre de Fermat were alive at the same time for 8 or 9 years, from 1607 to 1616.

William Shakespeare was 42 or 43 when Pierre de Fermat was born.

Pierre de Fermat was 8 or 9 when William Shakespeare died, aged 51 or 52.

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

Born April 1564 · died 23 April 1616 (Julian calendar), aged 51 or 52

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

Born 1607 · died 12 January 1665, aged 57 or 58

  1. Miguel de Cervantes
  2. Francis Bacon
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. René Descartes
  6. Rembrandt
  7. Pierre de Fermat
  8. Isaac Newton
William Shakespeare and Pierre de Fermat 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.