Who Was Alive

Were James Watt and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. James Watt and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1809 to 1819.

James Watt was 73 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 10 when James Watt died, aged 83.

James Watt

British engineer

Born 19 January 1736 · died 25 August 1819, aged 83

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. James Watt
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
James Watt and Charles Darwin 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.