Who Was Alive

Were Aurangzeb and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Aurangzeb and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1685 to 1707.

Aurangzeb was 66 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 21 when Aurangzeb died, aged 88.

Aurangzeb

The sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707

Born 3 November 1618 · died 3 March 1707, aged 88

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Born 21 March 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 28 July 1750, aged 65

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Aurangzeb
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Aurangzeb and Johann Sebastian Bach 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.