Who Was Alive

Were Charles Perrault and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Charles Perrault and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1694 to 1703.

Charles Perrault was 66 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 8 when Charles Perrault died, aged 75.

Charles Perrault

French author

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

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

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