Who Was Alive

Were Jean Le Rond d'Alembert and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Jean Le Rond d'Alembert and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1749 to 1783.

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was 31 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 34 when Jean Le Rond d'Alembert died, aged 65.

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist

Born 16 November 1717 · died 29 October 1783, aged 65

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

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  2. Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
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  9. Karl Marx
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Jean Le Rond d'Alembert 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.