Who Was Alive

Were Mimar Sinan and William Shakespeare alive at the same time?

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

William Shakespeare was 24 when Mimar Sinan died.

Mimar Sinan

16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer

Born c. 1490 · died 17 July 1588

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

Born April 1564 · died 23 April 1616 (Julian calendar), aged 51 or 52

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