Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Jean-Jacques Rousseau alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1712 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 69 when Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was 14 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

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer

Born 28 June 1712 · died 2 July 1778, aged 66

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  6. Immanuel Kant
  7. George Washington
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. Napoleon
Isaac Newton and Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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.