Who Was Alive

Were Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 60 years, from 1642 to 1703.

Robert Hooke was 7 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 60 when Robert Hooke died, aged 67.

Robert Hooke

English natural philosopher, architect and polymath

Born 18 July 1635 (Julian calendar) · died 3 March 1703 (Julian calendar), aged 67

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Robert Hooke
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. Immanuel Kant
Robert Hooke 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.