Who Was Alive

Were Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1685 to 1716.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 38 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 31 when Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz died, aged 70.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German mathematician and philosopher

Born 21 June 1646 (Julian calendar) · died 14 November 1716, aged 70

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

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

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Voltaire
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 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.