Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Matsuo Bashō alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Matsuo Bashō were alive at the same time for 49 or 50 years, from 1644 to 1694.

Isaac Newton was about a year old when Matsuo Bashō was born.

Isaac Newton was 51 when Matsuo Bashō died, aged 49 or 50.

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

Matsuo Bashō

Japanese poet

Born 1644 · died 28 November 1694, aged 49 or 50

  1. René Descartes
  2. Molière
  3. Isaac Newton
  4. Matsuo Bashō
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. Immanuel Kant
Isaac Newton and Matsuo Bashō 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.