Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Charles Perrault alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Charles Perrault were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1628 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 63 when Charles Perrault was born.

Charles Perrault was 13 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Charles Perrault

French author

Born 12 January 1628 · died 16 May 1703, aged 75

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