Who Was Alive

Were William Shakespeare and Urban VIII alive at the same time?

Yes. William Shakespeare and Urban VIII were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1568 to 1616.

William Shakespeare was 3 or 4 when Urban VIII was born.

Urban VIII was 48 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

Urban VIII

235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644

Born 5 April 1568 · died 29 July 1644, aged 76

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