Who Was Alive

Were Giordano Bruno and Galileo Galilei alive at the same time?

Yes. Giordano Bruno and Galileo Galilei were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1564 to 1600.

Giordano Bruno was 15 or 16 when Galileo Galilei was born.

Galileo Galilei was 35 when Giordano Bruno died, aged 51 or 52.

Giordano Bruno

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician

Born 1548 · died 17 February 1600, aged 51 or 52

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Miguel de Cervantes
  3. Giordano Bruno
  4. Galileo Galilei
  5. William Shakespeare
  6. René Descartes
  7. Molière
Giordano Bruno and Galileo Galilei 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.