Who Was Alive

Were Pius V and Galileo Galilei alive at the same time?

Yes. Pius V and Galileo Galilei were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1564 to 1572.

Pius V was 60 when Galileo Galilei was born.

Galileo Galilei was 8 when Pius V died, aged 68.

Pius V

16th‑century Italian pope and Catholic saint, leading Counter‑Reformation reformer

Born 17 January 1504 · died 1 May 1572, aged 68

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

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

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