Who Was Alive

Were Jean Racine and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Jean Racine and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1694 to 1699.

Jean Racine was 54 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 4 when Jean Racine died, aged 59.

Jean Racine

French dramatist

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

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Jean Racine
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. George Washington
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. Napoleon
Jean Racine and Voltaire 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.