Who Was Alive

Were Shah Jahan and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Shah Jahan and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1642 to 1666.

Shah Jahan was 50 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 23 when Shah Jahan died, aged 74.

Shah Jahan

The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658

Born 15 January 1592 · died 22 January 1666, aged 74

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. Shah Jahan
  5. René Descartes
  6. Isaac Newton
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Voltaire
  9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  10. Immanuel Kant
Shah Jahan 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.