Who Was Alive

Were Abel Tasman and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Abel Tasman and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1642 to 1659.

Abel Tasman was 39 or 40 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 16 when Abel Tasman died, aged 55 or 56.

Abel Tasman

Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant

Born 1603 · died 10 October 1659, aged 55 or 56

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. René Descartes
  5. Abel Tasman
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Abel Tasman 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.