Bedřich Smetana · Albert Einstein Were Bedřich Smetana and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Bedřich Smetana and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1879 to 1884. Bedřich Smetana was 55 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 5 when Bedřich Smetana died, aged 60. Bedřich SmetanaCzech composerBorn 2 March 1824 · died 12 May 1884, aged 60Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Abraham LincolnKarl MarxBedřich SmetanaMahatma GandhiVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Bedřich Smetana 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.