Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Robert Walpole alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Robert Walpole were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1676 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 33 when Robert Walpole was born.

Robert Walpole was 50 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

Robert Walpole

British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford

Born 26 August 1676 (Julian calendar) · died 18 March 1745 (Julian calendar), aged 68

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