Who Was Alive

Were Edmond Halley and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Edmond Halley and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1685 to 1742.

Edmond Halley was 28 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 56 when Edmond Halley died, aged 85.

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

Born 8 November 1656 · died 25 January 1742, aged 85

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Edmond Halley
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Immanuel Kant
  6. George Washington
  7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Edmond Halley 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.