Who Was Alive

Were Frederick Douglass and Albert Einstein alive at the same time?

Yes. Frederick Douglass and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1879 to 1895.

Frederick Douglass was 61 when Albert Einstein was born.

Albert Einstein was 15 when Frederick Douglass died, aged 77.

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist

Born 14 February 1818 · died 20 February 1895, aged 77

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

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

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Frederick Douglass
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Vladimir Lenin
  5. Albert Einstein
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Frederick Douglass 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.