Who Was Alive

Were Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1694 to 1716.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 48 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 21 when Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz died, aged 70.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German mathematician and philosopher

Born 21 June 1646 (Julian calendar) · died 14 November 1716, aged 70

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Voltaire
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. George Washington
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. Napoleon
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Voltaire 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.