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* He is an important character in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'', which posited that he took the job at the mint and moved England to the gold standard because {{spoiler|he was trying find the Solomonic gold (the raw material for making the Philosopher's stone). He made it such that all the gold in the world will circulate through England at some point where he can test them}}. After all, historians did refer to Newton as the last alchemist.
* Robert Langdon visits his tomb in ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]''.
* Newton turns up twice in ''[[Star Trek]]''. The first time in ''[[Star Trek:
* Is the codifier of all (European) Magic in the ''[[Rivers of London]]'' books, and the reason all spells are in [[Gratuitous Latin]].
* Missed meeting wizards from the Unseen University in ''[[Discworld/The Science of Discworld|The Science of Discworld]] II: The Globe'' having just stepped out for some fresh air when [[Missed Him by That Much|they pop in]]. It was probably for the best.
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