Who Was Alive

Were Germaine de Staël and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Germaine de Staël and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1809 to 1817.

Germaine de Staël was 42 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 8 when Germaine de Staël died, aged 51.

Germaine de Staël

Genevan-French author

Born 22 April 1766 · died 14 July 1817, aged 51

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Germaine de Staël
  4. Napoleon
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Abraham Lincoln
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Germaine de Staël and Charles Darwin 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.