Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Pius VI and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1749 to 1799.

Pius VI was 31 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 50 when Pius VI died, aged 81.

Pius VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

Born 25 December 1717 · died 29 August 1799, aged 81

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. Pius VI
  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
Pius VI 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.