Who Was Alive

Were Nicolas Poussin and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Nicolas Poussin and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1642 to 1665.

Nicolas Poussin was 48 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 22 when Nicolas Poussin died, aged 71.

Nicolas Poussin

French painter

Born June 1594 · died 19 November 1665, aged 71

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