Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Novalis were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1772 to 1801.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 22 when Novalis was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 51 when Novalis died, aged 28.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

Novalis

German poet and writer

Born 2 May 1772 · died 25 March 1801, aged 28

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