Who Was Alive

Were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Burns alive at the same time?

Yes. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Burns were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1759 to 1791.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 2 when Robert Burns was born.

Robert Burns was 32 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died, aged 35.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

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

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist

Born 25 January 1759 · died 21 July 1796, aged 37

  1. Voltaire
  2. George Washington
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Robert Burns
  6. Ludwig van Beethoven
  7. Napoleon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Burns 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.