Who Was Alive

Were George Berkeley and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. George Berkeley and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1749 to 1753.

George Berkeley was 64 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 3 when George Berkeley died, aged 67.

George Berkeley

Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop

Born 12 March 1685 · died 14 January 1753, aged 67

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. George Berkeley
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. George Washington
  6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  7. Napoleon
  8. Abraham Lincoln
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
George Berkeley 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.