Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Voltaire and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1749 to 1778.

Voltaire was 54 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 28 when Voltaire died, aged 83.

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, 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. Voltaire
  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
Voltaire 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.