Who Was Alive

Were Hugo Grotius and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Hugo Grotius and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1642 to 1645.

Hugo Grotius was 59 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 2 when Hugo Grotius died, aged 62.

Hugo Grotius

Dutch jurist and scholar

Born 10 April 1583 · died 28 August 1645, aged 62

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

  1. Miguel de Cervantes
  2. Galileo Galilei
  3. William Shakespeare
  4. Hugo Grotius
  5. René Descartes
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Hugo Grotius and Isaac Newton 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.