Who Was Alive

Were Galileo Galilei and Robert Hooke alive at the same time?

Yes. Galileo Galilei and Robert Hooke were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1635 to 1642.

Galileo Galilei was 71 when Robert Hooke was born.

Robert Hooke was 6 when Galileo Galilei died, aged 77.

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

Robert Hooke

English natural philosopher, architect and polymath

Born 18 July 1635 (Julian calendar) · died 3 March 1703 (Julian calendar), aged 67

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