Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1685 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 42 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 42 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

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Born 21 March 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 28 July 1750, aged 65

  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
Isaac Newton and Johann Sebastian Bach 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.