Who Was Alive

Were Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Albert Einstein alive at the same time?

Yes. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 46 years, from 1879 to 1926.

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was 25 when Albert Einstein was born.

Albert Einstein was 46 when Heike Kamerlingh Onnes died, aged 72.

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner

Born 21 September 1853 · died 21 February 1926, aged 72

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

Born 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76

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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes 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.