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Otto von Guericke
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Otto von Guericke

German scientist and physicist

Born 20 November 1602 (Julian calendar) · died 11 May 1686 (Julian calendar), aged 83
Also known as Otto von Gericke

Who was alive at the same time as Otto von Guericke?

  1. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  2. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  3. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  4. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  5. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  6. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  7. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  8. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  9. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  10. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  11. Otto von Guericke, 1602 – 1686
  12. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  13. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  14. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  15. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  16. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  17. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  18. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  19. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  20. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  21. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  22. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725
  23. Antonio Vivaldi, 1678 – 1741
  24. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 – 1750

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When Otto von Guericke was born, William Shakespeare was 38, Galileo Galilei was 38, René Descartes was 6, Elizabeth I was 69 and Francis Bacon was 41.

When Otto von Guericke died, Isaac Newton was 43, Johann Sebastian Bach was 1, John Locke was 53, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 39 and Matsuo Bashō was 41 or 42.

Born during Otto von Guericke’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Johann Sebastian Bach, Molière, John Locke, Rembrandt, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō and Blaise Pascal.

Not quite contemporaries: Voltaire was born about 8 years after Otto von Guericke died, Montesquieu was born about 3 years after Otto von Guericke died, Giordano Bruno died about 2 years before Otto von Guericke was born and Michel de Montaigne died about 10 years before Otto von Guericke was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

201 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Otto von Guericke. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1644.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  3. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
  5. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  6. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  7. Molière 1622 – 1673
  8. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  9. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  10. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  11. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  12. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  13. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  14. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  15. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  16. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  17. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  18. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  19. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  20. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  21. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
  22. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  23. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  24. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  25. George Frideric Handel 1685 – 1759
  26. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  27. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  28. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  29. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  30. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  31. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  32. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  33. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  34. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  35. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  36. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  37. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  38. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  39. George Berkeley 1685 – 1753
  40. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  41. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  42. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  43. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  44. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  45. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  46. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  47. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  48. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  49. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  50. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  51. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  52. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  53. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  54. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  55. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  56. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  57. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  58. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  59. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  60. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  61. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  62. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  63. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  64. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  65. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  66. Robert Walpole 1676 – 1745
  67. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  68. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  69. George II of Great Britain 1683 – 1760
  70. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  71. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  72. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  73. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  74. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  75. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  76. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  77. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  78. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  79. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  80. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  81. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  82. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  83. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  84. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  85. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  86. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  87. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  88. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  89. Vitus Bering 1681 – 1741
  90. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  91. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  92. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  93. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  94. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  95. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  96. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  97. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  98. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  99. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  100. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  101. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  102. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  103. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  104. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  105. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  106. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  107. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  108. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  109. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  110. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  111. Charles XII of Sweden 1682 – 1718
  112. Philip V of Spain 1683 – 1746
  113. Catherine I of Russia 1684 – 1727
  114. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1685 – 1740
  115. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  116. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  117. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  118. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  119. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  120. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  121. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  122. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  123. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  124. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  125. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  126. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  127. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  128. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  129. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  130. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  131. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  132. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  133. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  134. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  135. Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 – 1767
  136. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  137. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  138. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  139. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  140. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  141. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  142. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  143. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  144. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  145. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  146. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  147. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  148. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  149. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  150. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637