Who Was Alive

Were Suleiman the Magnificent and William Shakespeare alive at the same time?

Yes. Suleiman the Magnificent and William Shakespeare were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1564 to 1566.

Suleiman the Magnificent was 69 when William Shakespeare was born.

William Shakespeare was 2 when Suleiman the Magnificent died, aged 71.

Suleiman the Magnificent

The tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire

Born 6 November 1494 · died 6 September 1566, aged 71

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

Born April 1564 · died 23 April 1616 (Julian calendar), aged 51 or 52

  1. Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Michelangelo
  3. Martin Luther
  4. Suleiman the Magnificent
  5. Miguel de Cervantes
  6. Francis Bacon
  7. Galileo Galilei
  8. William Shakespeare
  9. René Descartes
  10. Rembrandt
Suleiman the Magnificent and William Shakespeare 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.