Who Was Alive

Were Diego Velázquez and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Diego Velázquez and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1642 to 1660.

Diego Velázquez was 43 or 44 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 17 when Diego Velázquez died, aged 60 or 61.

Diego Velázquez

Spanish painter

Born 1599 · died 6 August 1660, aged 60 or 61

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. Diego Velázquez
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Diego Velázquez 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.