Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1585 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 21 when Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu was born.

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu was 56 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman

Born 9 September 1585 · died 4 December 1642, aged 57

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
  6. René Descartes
  7. Molière
Galileo Galilei and Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu 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.