Who Was Alive

Were Daniel Defoe and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Daniel Defoe and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1685 to 1731.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 46 when Daniel Defoe died.

Daniel Defoe

English trader, writer, and journalist

Born 1659–1662 · died 24 April 1731

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Daniel Defoe
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  6. Immanuel Kant
  7. George Washington
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Daniel Defoe 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.