Luís de Camões · Galileo Galilei Were Luís de Camões and Galileo Galilei alive at the same time? Yes. Luís de Camões and Galileo Galilei were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1564 to 1580. Luís de Camões was 39 when Galileo Galilei was born.Galileo Galilei was 16 when Luís de Camões died, aged 55. Luís de Camões16th-century Portuguese poetBorn 1524–1525 · died 10 June 1580, aged 55Galileo GalileiItalian polymathBorn 15 February 1564 · died 8 January 1642, aged 77 MichelangeloMartin LutherLuís de CamõesMiguel de CervantesGalileo GalileiWilliam ShakespeareRené DescartesMolière Luís de Camões and Galileo Galilei 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.