Albert Einstein · Billie Holiday Were Albert Einstein and Billie Holiday alive at the same time? Yes. Albert Einstein and Billie Holiday were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1915 to 1955. Albert Einstein was 36 when Billie Holiday was born.Billie Holiday was 40 when Albert Einstein died, aged 76. Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76Billie HolidayAmerican jazz singerBorn 7 April 1915 · died 17 July 1959, aged 44 Karl MarxAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganBillie HolidayDonald TrumpVladimir PutinMichael Jackson Albert Einstein and Billie Holiday 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.