Who Was Alive

Were William Harvey and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. William Harvey and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1642 to 1657.

William Harvey was 64 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 14 when William Harvey died, aged 79.

William Harvey

English physician

Born 1 April 1578 · died 3 June 1657, aged 79

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