Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Pedro Calderón de la Barca alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Pedro Calderón de la Barca were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1600 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 35 when Pedro Calderón de la Barca was born.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca was 41 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish dramatist

Born 17 January 1600 · died 25 May 1681, aged 81

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. René Descartes
  6. Pedro Calderón de la Barca
  7. Molière
  8. Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei and Pedro Calderón de la Barca 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.