Who Was Alive

Were Johann Sebastian Bach and Alexander Pope alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Sebastian Bach and Alexander Pope were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1688 to 1744.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 3 when Alexander Pope was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 59 when Alexander Pope died, aged 56.

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Born 21 March 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 28 July 1750, aged 65

Alexander Pope

English poet

Born 21 May 1688 (Julian calendar) · died 30 May 1744 (Julian calendar), aged 56

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach
  3. Alexander Pope
  4. Voltaire
  5. Immanuel Kant
  6. George Washington
  7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Sebastian Bach and Alexander Pope 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.