Who Was Alive

Were Emily Dickinson and Albert Einstein alive at the same time?

Yes. Emily Dickinson and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1879 to 1886.

Emily Dickinson was 48 when Albert Einstein was born.

Albert Einstein was 7 when Emily Dickinson died, aged 55.

Emily Dickinson

American poet

Born 10 December 1830 · died 15 May 1886, aged 55

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

Born 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Karl Marx
  3. Emily Dickinson
  4. Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Vladimir Lenin
  6. Albert Einstein
  7. Adolf Hitler
  8. Ronald Reagan
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  10. Vladimir Putin
Emily Dickinson 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.