Who Was Alive

Were Isabelle de Charrière and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Isabelle de Charrière and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1749 to 1805.

Isabelle de Charrière was 8 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 56 when Isabelle de Charrière died, aged 65.

Isabelle de Charrière

Dutch French-language writer and composer

Born 20 October 1740 · died 27 December 1805, aged 65

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

Born 28 August 1749 · died 22 March 1832, aged 82

Isabelle de Charrière and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.