Who Was Alive

Were Albert Einstein and Richard Stallman alive at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Richard Stallman were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1953 to 1955.

Albert Einstein was 74 when Richard Stallman was born.

Richard Stallman was 2 when Albert Einstein died, aged 76.

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

Born 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

Born 16 March 1953 · living, 73 as of September 2026

  1. Karl Marx
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Donald Trump
  6. Vladimir Putin
  7. Richard Stallman
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Barack Obama
Albert Einstein and Richard Stallman 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.