Who Was Alive

Were Daniel Defoe and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Daniel Defoe and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1694 to 1731.

Voltaire was 36 when Daniel Defoe died.

Daniel Defoe

English trader, writer, and journalist

Born 1659–1662 · died 24 April 1731

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

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

  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 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.