Who Was Alive

Were Jonathan Swift and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Jonathan Swift and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1694 to 1745.

Jonathan Swift was 26 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 50 when Jonathan Swift died, aged 77.

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist

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

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

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

  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. Napoleon
Jonathan Swift 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.