Who Was Alive

Were Rembrandt and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Rembrandt and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1642 to 1669.

Rembrandt was 36 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 26 when Rembrandt died, aged 63.

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker

Born 15 July 1606 · died 4 October 1669, aged 63

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