Who Was Alive

Were John Dryden and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. John Dryden and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1694 to 1700.

John Dryden was 63 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 5 when John Dryden died, aged 68.

John Dryden

17th-century English poet and playwright

Born 9 August 1631 (Julian calendar) · died 1 May 1700 (Julian calendar), aged 68

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. John Dryden
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. George Washington
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. Napoleon
John Dryden and Voltaire 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.