Karl Ferdinand Braun · Albert Einstein Were Karl Ferdinand Braun and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Karl Ferdinand Braun and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1879 to 1918. Karl Ferdinand Braun was 28 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 39 when Karl Ferdinand Braun died, aged 67. Karl Ferdinand BraunGerman physicistBorn 6 June 1850 · died 20 April 1918, aged 67Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Abraham LincolnKarl MarxKarl Ferdinand BraunAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Karl Ferdinand Braun and Albert Einstein 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.