Gustav Klimt · Albert Einstein Were Gustav Klimt and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Gustav Klimt and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1879 to 1918. Gustav Klimt was 16 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 38 when Gustav Klimt died, aged 55. Gustav KlimtAustrian symbolist painterBorn 14 July 1862 · died 6 February 1918, aged 55Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Abraham LincolnKarl MarxGustav KlimtAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Gustav Klimt and Albert Einstein 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.