Wilhelm Röntgen · Albert Einstein Were Wilhelm Röntgen and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Wilhelm Röntgen and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1879 to 1923. Wilhelm Röntgen was 33 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 43 when Wilhelm Röntgen died, aged 77. Wilhelm RöntgenGerman physicistBorn 27 March 1845 · died 10 February 1923, aged 77Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Abraham LincolnKarl MarxWilhelm RöntgenAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Wilhelm Röntgen and Albert Einstein 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.