Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Jean de La Fontaine alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Jean de La Fontaine were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1621 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 57 when Jean de La Fontaine was born.

Jean de La Fontaine was 20 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Jean de La Fontaine

French poet, fabulist and writer

Born 8 July 1621 · died 13 April 1695, aged 73

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