Who Was Alive

Were Aurangzeb and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Aurangzeb and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1694 to 1707.

Aurangzeb was 76 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 12 when Aurangzeb died, aged 88.

Aurangzeb

The sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707

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

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

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