Galileo Galilei · Peter Paul Rubens Were Galileo Galilei and Peter Paul Rubens alive at the same time? Yes. Galileo Galilei and Peter Paul Rubens were alive at the same time for 62 years, from 1577 to 1640. Galileo Galilei was 13 when Peter Paul Rubens was born.Galileo Galilei was 76 when Peter Paul Rubens died, aged 62. Galileo GalileiItalian polymathBorn 15 February 1564 · died 8 January 1642, aged 77Peter Paul RubensFlemish painterBorn 28 June 1577 · died 30 May 1640, aged 62 MichelangeloMiguel de CervantesGalileo GalileiWilliam ShakespearePeter Paul RubensRené DescartesMolière Galileo Galilei and Peter Paul Rubens 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.