Who Was Alive

Were Denis Diderot and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Denis Diderot and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1749 to 1784.

Denis Diderot was 35 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 34 when Denis Diderot died, aged 70.

Denis Diderot

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist

Born 5 October 1713 · died 31 July 1784, aged 70

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

Born 28 August 1749 · died 22 March 1832, aged 82

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Denis Diderot
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
Denis Diderot and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.