Who Was Alive

Were Oliver Cromwell and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Oliver Cromwell and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1642 to 1658.

Oliver Cromwell was 43 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 15 when Oliver Cromwell died, aged 59.

Oliver Cromwell

English military and political leader

Born 25 April 1599 (Julian calendar) · died 3 September 1658 (Julian calendar), aged 59

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. Oliver Cromwell
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Oliver Cromwell 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.