Who Was Alive

Were Daniel Defoe and Immanuel Kant alive at the same time?

Yes. Daniel Defoe and Immanuel Kant were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1724 to 1731.

Immanuel Kant was 7 when Daniel Defoe died.

Daniel Defoe

English trader, writer, and journalist

Born 1659–1662 · died 24 April 1731

Immanuel Kant

German philosopher

Born 22 April 1724 · died 12 February 1804, aged 79

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Daniel Defoe
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  6. Immanuel Kant
  7. George Washington
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. Napoleon
Daniel Defoe and Immanuel Kant 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.