Who Was Alive

Were John Locke and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. John Locke and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 61 years, from 1642 to 1704.

John Locke was 10 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 61 when John Locke died, aged 72.

John Locke

English philosopher and physician

Born 29 August 1632 (Julian calendar) · died 28 October 1704 (Julian calendar), aged 72

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. John Locke
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. Immanuel Kant
John Locke 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.