Who Was Alive

Were George Frideric Handel and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. George Frideric Handel and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1749 to 1759.

George Frideric Handel was 64 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 9 when George Frideric Handel died, aged 74.

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer

Born 23 February 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 14 April 1759, aged 74

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

Born 28 August 1749 · died 22 March 1832, aged 82

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. George Frideric Handel
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. George Washington
  5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7. Napoleon
  8. Abraham Lincoln
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
George Frideric Handel and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.