Who Was Alive

Were John Locke and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. John Locke and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1685 to 1704.

John Locke was 52 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 19 when John Locke died, aged 72.

John Locke

English philosopher and physician

Born 29 August 1632 (Julian calendar) · died 28 October 1704 (Julian calendar), aged 72

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Born 21 March 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 28 July 1750, aged 65

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. John Locke
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
John Locke and Johann Sebastian Bach 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.