Who Was Alive

Were Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1749 to 1778.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was 37 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 28 when Jean-Jacques Rousseau died, aged 66.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer

Born 28 June 1712 · died 2 July 1778, aged 66

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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.