Who Was Alive

Were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Gottlieb Fichte alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Gottlieb Fichte were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1762 to 1814.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 12 when Johann Gottlieb Fichte was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 64 when Johann Gottlieb Fichte died, aged 51.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

German philosopher

Born 19 May 1762 · died 27–29 January 1814, aged 51

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Gottlieb Fichte 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.