Who Was Alive

Were Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 52 years, from 1642 to 1695.

Christiaan Huygens was 13 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 52 when Christiaan Huygens died, aged 66.

Christiaan Huygens

Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer

Born 14 April 1629 · died 8 July 1695, aged 66

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. Christiaan Huygens
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. Immanuel Kant
Christiaan Huygens 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.