Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Montesquieu and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1749 to 1755.

Montesquieu was 60 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 5 when Montesquieu died, aged 66.

Montesquieu

French philosopher

Born 18 January 1689 · died 10 February 1755, aged 66

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. Johann Sebastian Bach
  3. Montesquieu
  4. Voltaire
  5. George Washington
  6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  7. Napoleon
  8. Abraham Lincoln
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
Montesquieu 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.