Albert Einstein · Vladimir Mayakovsky Were Albert Einstein and Vladimir Mayakovsky alive at the same time? Yes. Albert Einstein and Vladimir Mayakovsky were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1893 to 1930. Albert Einstein was 14 when Vladimir Mayakovsky was born.Albert Einstein was 51 when Vladimir Mayakovsky died, aged 36. Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76Vladimir MayakovskyRussian and Soviet poetBorn 19 July 1893 · died 14 April 1930, aged 36 Karl MarxVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerVladimir MayakovskyRonald ReaganNelson MandelaDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Albert Einstein and Vladimir Mayakovsky 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.