Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Adam Smith and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1749 to 1790.

Adam Smith was 26 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 40 when Adam Smith died, aged 67.

Adam Smith

Scottish moral philosopher and political economist

Born June 1723 · died 17 July 1790, aged 67

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. Adam Smith
  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
Adam Smith 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.