Who Was Alive

Were Jean de La Fontaine and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Jean de La Fontaine and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1685 to 1695.

Jean de La Fontaine was 63 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 10 when Jean de La Fontaine died, aged 73.

Jean de La Fontaine

French poet, fabulist and writer

Born 8 July 1621 · died 13 April 1695, aged 73

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

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

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Jean de La Fontaine
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Jean de La Fontaine 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.