Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1702?

24 of the people we track were surely alive in 1702. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Died in 1702: William III of England.

  1. Isaac Newton59
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach17
  3. Voltaire8
  4. John Locke70
  5. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz56
  6. Louis XIV of France64
  7. Peter the Great30
  8. Antonio Vivaldi24
  9. Jonathan Swift35
  10. George Frideric Handel17
  11. Montesquieu13
  12. Daniel Defoe40–43
  13. Alexander Pope14
  14. George Berkeley17
  15. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek70
  16. Charles Perrault74
  17. Robert Hooke67
  18. Edmond Halley46
  19. Anders Celsius1
  20. Aurangzeb84
  21. Anne of Great Britain37
  22. Benedict XIV27
  23. William III of England51 †
  24. Robert Walpole26