Who Was Alive

Were Benedict XIV and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart alive at the same time?

Yes. Benedict XIV and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1756 to 1758.

Benedict XIV was 80 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 2 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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

Born 27 January 1756 · died 5 December 1791, aged 35

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Benedict XIV
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. George Washington
  6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  8. Ludwig van Beethoven
  9. Napoleon
Benedict XIV and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 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.