Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Samuel Johnson alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Samuel Johnson were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1709 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 66 when Samuel Johnson was born.

Samuel Johnson was 17 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

Samuel Johnson

English writer and lexicographer

Born 18 September 1709 · died 13 December 1784, aged 75

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