Who Was Alive

Were Jonathan Swift and George Washington alive at the same time?

Yes. Jonathan Swift and George Washington were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1732 to 1745.

Jonathan Swift was 64 when George Washington was born.

George Washington was 13 when Jonathan Swift died, aged 77.

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist

Born 30 November 1667 · died 19 October 1745, aged 77

George Washington

Founding Father and first U.S. president

Born 22 February 1732 · died 14 December 1799, aged 67

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Jonathan Swift
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Immanuel Kant
  6. George Washington
  7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  9. Ludwig van Beethoven
  10. Napoleon
Jonathan Swift and George Washington 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.