Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Jean Racine alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Jean Racine were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1639 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 75 when Jean Racine was born.

Jean Racine was 2 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Jean Racine

French dramatist

Born 22 December 1639 · died 21 April 1699, aged 59

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