Who Was Alive

Were Maria Theresa of Austria and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Maria Theresa of Austria and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1749 to 1780.

Maria Theresa of Austria was 32 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 31 when Maria Theresa of Austria died, aged 63.

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions

Born 13 May 1717 · died 29 November 1780, aged 63

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Maria Theresa of Austria
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
Maria Theresa of Austria 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.