Who Was Alive

Were Jean Racine and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Jean Racine and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1685 to 1699.

Jean Racine was 45 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 14 when Jean Racine died, aged 59.

Jean Racine

French dramatist

Born 22 December 1639 · died 21 April 1699, aged 59

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 Racine
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Jean Racine 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.