Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Evangelista Torricelli alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Evangelista Torricelli were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1608 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 44 when Evangelista Torricelli was born.

Evangelista Torricelli was 33 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Evangelista Torricelli

Italian physicist and mathematician

Born 15 October 1608 · died 25 October 1647, aged 39

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. René Descartes
  6. Evangelista Torricelli
  7. Molière
  8. Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei and Evangelista Torricelli 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.