Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Robert Burns were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1759 to 1796.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 9 when Robert Burns was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 46 when Robert Burns died, aged 37.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist

Born 25 January 1759 · died 21 July 1796, aged 37

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