Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1632 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 68 when Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was 9 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

Born 15 February 1564 · died 8 January 1642, aged 77

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists

Born 24 October 1632 · died 26 August 1723, aged 90

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. René Descartes
  6. Molière
  7. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
  8. Isaac Newton
  9. Johann Sebastian Bach
  10. Voltaire
Galileo Galilei and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 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.