Who Was Alive

Were Charles Perrault and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Charles Perrault and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1685 to 1703.

Charles Perrault was 57 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 18 when Charles Perrault died, aged 75.

Charles Perrault

French author

Born 12 January 1628 · died 16 May 1703, aged 75

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Born 21 March 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 28 July 1750, aged 65

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Charles Perrault
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Charles Perrault and Johann Sebastian Bach 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.