Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Alexander Pope alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Alexander Pope were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1688 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 45 when Alexander Pope was born.

Alexander Pope was 38 when Isaac Newton died, aged 84.

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

Alexander Pope

English poet

Born 21 May 1688 (Julian calendar) · died 30 May 1744 (Julian calendar), aged 56

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Alexander Pope
  5. Voltaire
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
Isaac Newton and Alexander Pope 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.