Who Was Alive

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

Yes. George Washington and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 50 years, from 1749 to 1799.

George Washington was 17 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 50 when George Washington died, aged 67.

George Washington

Founding Father and first U.S. president

Born 22 February 1732 · died 14 December 1799, aged 67

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

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  2. George Washington
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
George Washington 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.