Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare were alive at the same time, from c. 1564 to 1593.

William Shakespeare was about a year old when Christopher Marlowe was born.

William Shakespeare was 29 when Christopher Marlowe died.

Christopher Marlowe

English dramatist, poet and translator

Born c. 1564 · died 30 May 1593 (Julian calendar)

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

Born April 1564 · died 23 April 1616 (Julian calendar), aged 51 or 52

  1. Elizabeth I of England
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Francis Bacon
  4. Christopher Marlowe
  5. Galileo Galilei
  6. William Shakespeare
  7. René Descartes
  8. Rembrandt
Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare 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.