Who Was Alive

Were James Cook and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. James Cook and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1749 to 1779.

James Cook was 20 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 29 when James Cook died, aged 50.

James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer

Born 27 October 1728 · died 14 February 1779, aged 50

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

  1. James Cook
  2. George Washington
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
James Cook 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.