Who Was Alive

Were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1759 to 1805.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 10 when Friedrich Schiller was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 55 when Friedrich Schiller died, aged 45.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

Friedrich Schiller

German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian

Born 10 November 1759 · died 9 May 1805, aged 45

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