Who Was Alive

Were Johann Gottfried Herder and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Gottfried Herder and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 54 years, from 1749 to 1803.

Johann Gottfried Herder was 5 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 54 when Johann Gottfried Herder died, aged 59.

Johann Gottfried Herder

German philosopher, theologian, poet

Born 25 August 1744 · died 18 December 1803, aged 59

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Gottfried Herder
  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
Johann Gottfried Herder 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.