Who Was Alive

Were Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 0 years, from 1749 to 1750.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 64 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was under a year old when Johann Sebastian Bach died, aged 65.

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

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

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. Johann Sebastian Bach
  3. Voltaire
  4. Immanuel Kant
  5. George Washington
  6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  7. Napoleon
  8. Abraham Lincoln
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
Johann Sebastian Bach 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.