Who Was Alive
Johannes Hevelius
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Johannes Hevelius

Astronomer

Born 28 January 1611 (Julian calendar) · died 28 January 1687 (Julian calendar), aged 76
Also known as John Hevel, Johann Hewelke, Johann Hevelius

Who was alive at the same time as Johannes Hevelius?

  1. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  2. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  3. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  4. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  5. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  6. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  7. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  8. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  9. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  10. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  11. Johannes Hevelius, 1611 – 1687
  12. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  13. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  14. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  15. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  16. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  17. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  18. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  19. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  20. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  21. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725
  22. Antonio Vivaldi, 1678 – 1741
  23. George Frideric Handel, 1685 – 1759
  24. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 – 1750

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When Johannes Hevelius was born, William Shakespeare was 46, Galileo Galilei was 46, René Descartes was 14, Rembrandt was 4 and Francis Bacon was 50.

When Johannes Hevelius died, Isaac Newton was 44, Johann Sebastian Bach was 1, John Locke was 54, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 40 and Matsuo Bashō was 42 or 43.

Born during Johannes Hevelius’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Johann Sebastian Bach, Molière, John Locke, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Blaise Pascal and Louis XIV.

Not quite contemporaries: Voltaire was born about 7 years after Johannes Hevelius died, Elizabeth I died about 8 years before Johannes Hevelius was born, Akbar died about 6 years before Johannes Hevelius was born and Montesquieu was born about 2 years after Johannes Hevelius died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

190 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Johannes Hevelius. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1649.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  3. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
  5. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  6. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  7. Molière 1622 – 1673
  8. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  9. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  10. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  11. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  12. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  13. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  14. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  15. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  16. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  17. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  18. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  19. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
  20. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  21. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  22. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  23. George Frideric Handel 1685 – 1759
  24. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  25. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  26. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  27. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  28. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  29. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  30. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  31. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  32. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  33. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  34. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  35. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  36. George Berkeley 1685 – 1753
  37. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  38. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  39. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  40. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  41. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  42. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  43. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  44. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  45. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  46. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  47. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  48. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  49. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  50. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  51. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  52. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  53. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  54. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  55. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  56. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  57. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  58. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  59. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  60. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  61. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  62. Robert Walpole 1676 – 1745
  63. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  64. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  65. George II of Great Britain 1683 – 1760
  66. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  67. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  68. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  69. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  70. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  71. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  72. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  73. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  74. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  75. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  76. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  77. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  78. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  79. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  80. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  81. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  82. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  83. Vitus Bering 1681 – 1741
  84. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  85. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  86. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  87. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686 – 1736
  88. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  89. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  90. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  91. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  92. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  93. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  94. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  95. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  96. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  97. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  98. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  99. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  100. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  101. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  102. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  103. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  104. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  105. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  106. Charles XII of Sweden 1682 – 1718
  107. Philip V of Spain 1683 – 1746
  108. Catherine I of Russia 1684 – 1727
  109. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1685 – 1740
  110. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  111. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  112. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  113. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  114. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  115. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  116. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  117. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  118. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  119. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  120. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  121. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  122. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  123. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  124. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  125. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  126. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  127. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  128. Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 – 1767
  129. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  130. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  131. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  132. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  133. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  134. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  135. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  136. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  137. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  138. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  139. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  140. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  141. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  142. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  143. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  144. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  145. Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683 – 1764
  146. Antoine Watteau 1684 – 1721
  147. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  148. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  149. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  150. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655