Who Was Alive

Were Blaise Pascal and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Blaise Pascal and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1642 to 1662.

Blaise Pascal was 19 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 19 when Blaise Pascal died, aged 39.

Blaise Pascal

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher

Born 19 June 1623 · died 19 August 1662, aged 39

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. Blaise Pascal
  5. John Locke
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Blaise Pascal 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.