Who Was Alive

Were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Georges Danton alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Georges Danton were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1759 to 1794.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 10 when Georges Danton was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 44 when Georges Danton died, aged 34.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

Georges Danton

French revolutionary

Born 26 October 1759 · died 5 April 1794, aged 34

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. Georges Danton
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Georges Danton 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.