Who Was Alive

Were John Amos Comenius and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. John Amos Comenius and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1642 to 1670.

John Amos Comenius was 50 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 27 when John Amos Comenius died, aged 78.

John Amos Comenius

Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer

Born 28 March 1592 · died 15 November 1670, aged 78

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

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

  1. Miguel de Cervantes
  2. Galileo Galilei
  3. William Shakespeare
  4. John Amos Comenius
  5. René Descartes
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
John Amos Comenius 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.