Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1694 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 51 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 32 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

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

  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 Voltaire 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.