Who Was Alive

Were Empress Dowager Cixi and Albert Einstein alive at the same time?

Yes. Empress Dowager Cixi and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1879 to 1908.

Empress Dowager Cixi was 43 when Albert Einstein was born.

Albert Einstein was 29 when Empress Dowager Cixi died, aged 72.

Empress Dowager Cixi

Chinese empress

Born 29 November 1835 · died 15 November 1908, aged 72

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

Born 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76

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Empress Dowager Cixi and Albert Einstein 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.