Who Was Alive

Were Mimar Sinan and Galileo Galilei alive at the same time?

Yes. Mimar Sinan and Galileo Galilei were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1564 to 1588.

Galileo Galilei was 24 when Mimar Sinan died.

Mimar Sinan

16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer

Born c. 1490 · died 17 July 1588

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

Born 15 February 1564 · died 8 January 1642, aged 77

  1. Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Michelangelo
  3. Martin Luther
  4. Mimar Sinan
  5. Miguel de Cervantes
  6. Galileo Galilei
  7. William Shakespeare
  8. René Descartes
  9. Molière
Mimar Sinan 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.