Who Was Alive

Were William Shakespeare and Diego Velázquez alive at the same time?

Yes. William Shakespeare and Diego Velázquez were alive at the same time for 16 or 17 years, from 1599 to 1616.

William Shakespeare was 34 or 35 when Diego Velázquez was born.

Diego Velázquez was 16 or 17 when William Shakespeare died, aged 51 or 52.

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

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

Diego Velázquez

Spanish painter

Born 1599 · died 6 August 1660, aged 60 or 61

  1. Miguel de Cervantes
  2. Francis Bacon
  3. Galileo Galilei
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. René Descartes
  6. Diego Velázquez
  7. Rembrandt
  8. Isaac Newton
William Shakespeare and Diego Velázquez 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.