Who Was Alive

Were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Paul I of Russia alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Paul I of Russia were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1754 to 1801.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 5 when Paul I of Russia was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 51 when Paul I of Russia died, aged 46.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

Paul I of Russia

The ninth Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801

Born 20 September 1754 (Julian calendar) · died 11–12 March 1801 (Julian calendar), aged 46

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