Alexandre Dumas fils · Albert Einstein Were Alexandre Dumas fils and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Alexandre Dumas fils and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1879 to 1895. Alexandre Dumas fils was 54 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 16 when Alexandre Dumas fils died, aged 71. Alexandre Dumas filsFrench writer and dramatistBorn 27 July 1824 · died 27 November 1895, aged 71Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Abraham LincolnKarl MarxAlexandre Dumas filsVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Alexandre Dumas fils and Albert Einstein 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.