Who Was Alive

Were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Alexander Hamilton alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Alexander Hamilton were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1757 to 1804.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 7 when Alexander Hamilton was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 54 when Alexander Hamilton died, aged 47.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

Born 28 August 1749 · died 22 March 1832, aged 82

Alexander Hamilton

American Founding Father and statesman

Born 11 January 1757 · died 12 July 1804, aged 47

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. Alexander Hamilton
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Alexander Hamilton 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.