Who Was Alive

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

Yes. John Milton and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1642 to 1674.

John Milton was 34 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 31 when John Milton died, aged 65.

John Milton

English poet and civil servant

Born 9 December 1608 · died 8 November 1674, aged 65

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. René Descartes
  5. John Milton
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
John Milton 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.