Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Benedict XIV and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1749 to 1758.

Benedict XIV was 74 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 8 when Benedict XIV died, aged 83.

Benedict XIV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758

Born 31 March 1675 · died 3 May 1758, aged 83

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