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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian sculptor and architect

Born 7 December 1598 · died 28 November 1680, aged 81
Also known as cav.o bernino, Cavaliere Bernino, giov. lorenzo bernini

Who was alive at the same time as Gian Lorenzo Bernini?

  1. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  2. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  3. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  4. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  5. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  6. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  7. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  8. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  9. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  10. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  11. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1598 – 1680
  12. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  13. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  14. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  15. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  16. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  17. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  18. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  19. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  20. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  21. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  22. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  23. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725
  24. Antonio Vivaldi, 1678 – 1741

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When Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born, William Shakespeare was 34, Galileo Galilei was 34, René Descartes was 2, Elizabeth I was 65 and Francis Bacon was 37.

When Gian Lorenzo Bernini died, Isaac Newton was 37, John Locke was 48, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 34, Matsuo Bashō was 35 or 36 and Louis XIV was 42.

Born during Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Molière, John Locke, Rembrandt, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Blaise Pascal and Louis XIV.

Not quite contemporaries: Johann Sebastian Bach was born about 5 years after Gian Lorenzo Bernini died, Voltaire was born about 14 years after Gian Lorenzo Bernini died, Montesquieu was born about 9 years after Gian Lorenzo Bernini died and George Frideric Handel was born about 5 years after Gian Lorenzo Bernini died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

190 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1639.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  3. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  4. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  5. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  6. Molière 1622 – 1673
  7. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  8. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  9. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  10. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  11. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  12. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  13. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  14. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  15. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  16. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  17. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  18. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  19. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  20. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
  21. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  22. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  23. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  24. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  25. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  26. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  27. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  28. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  29. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  30. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  31. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  32. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  33. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  34. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  35. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  36. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  37. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  38. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  39. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  40. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  41. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  42. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  43. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  44. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  45. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  46. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  47. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  48. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  49. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  50. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  51. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  52. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  53. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  54. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  55. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  56. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  57. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  58. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  59. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  60. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  61. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  62. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  63. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  64. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  65. Robert Walpole 1676 – 1745
  66. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  67. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  68. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  69. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  70. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  71. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  72. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  73. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  74. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  75. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  76. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  77. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  78. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  79. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  80. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  81. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  82. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  83. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  84. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  85. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  86. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  87. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  88. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  89. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  90. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  91. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  92. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  93. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  94. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  95. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  96. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  97. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  98. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  99. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  100. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  101. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  102. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  103. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  104. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  105. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  106. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  107. Edmund Spenser c. 1553 – 1599
  108. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  109. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  110. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  111. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  112. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  113. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  114. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  115. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  116. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  117. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  118. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  119. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  120. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  121. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  122. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  123. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  124. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  125. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  126. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  127. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  128. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  129. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  130. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  131. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  132. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  133. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  134. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  135. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  136. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  137. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  138. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  139. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  140. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  141. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  142. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  143. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  144. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  145. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  146. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  147. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  148. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  149. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  150. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687