Gustav Kirchhoff · Albert Einstein Were Gustav Kirchhoff and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Gustav Kirchhoff and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1879 to 1887. Gustav Kirchhoff was 55 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 8 when Gustav Kirchhoff died, aged 63. Gustav KirchhoffGerman physicistBorn 12 March 1824 · died 17 October 1887, aged 63Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Abraham LincolnKarl MarxGustav KirchhoffMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Gustav Kirchhoff 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.