Who Was Alive

Were Benedictus de Spinoza and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Benedictus de Spinoza and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1642 to 1677.

Benedictus de Spinoza was 10 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 34 when Benedictus de Spinoza died, aged 44.

Benedictus de Spinoza

Dutch philosopher

Born 24 November 1632 · died 21 February 1677, aged 44

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Molière
  4. John Locke
  5. Benedictus de Spinoza
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Benedictus de Spinoza 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.