Who Was Alive

Were Joseph Haydn and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph Haydn and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 59 years, from 1749 to 1809.

Joseph Haydn was 17 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 59 when Joseph Haydn died, aged 77.

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer

Born 31 March 1732 · died 31 May 1809, aged 77

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

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Joseph Haydn and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.