Who Was Alive

Were Jean Racine and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Jean Racine and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1642 to 1699.

Jean Racine was 3 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 56 when Jean Racine died, aged 59.

Jean Racine

French dramatist

Born 22 December 1639 · died 21 April 1699, aged 59

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

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