Who Was Alive

Were Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart alive at the same time?

Yes. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1756 to 1781.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was 27 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 25 when Gotthold Ephraim Lessing died, aged 52.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic

Born 22 January 1729 · died 15 February 1781, aged 52

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

Born 27 January 1756 · died 5 December 1791, aged 35

  1. Voltaire
  2. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Ludwig van Beethoven
  7. Napoleon
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 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.