Who Was Alive

Were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Maximilien Robespierre alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Maximilien Robespierre were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1758 to 1794.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 8 when Maximilien Robespierre was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 44 when Maximilien Robespierre died, aged 36.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

Maximilien Robespierre

French revolutionary lawyer and politician

Born 6 May 1758 · died 28 July 1794, aged 36

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