Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Urban VIII alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Urban VIII were alive at the same time for 73 years, from 1568 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 4 when Urban VIII was born.

Urban VIII was 73 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Urban VIII

235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644

Born 5 April 1568 · died 29 July 1644, aged 76

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