Who Was Alive

Were Jonathan Swift and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Jonathan Swift and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 60 years, from 1685 to 1745.

Jonathan Swift was 17 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 60 when Jonathan Swift died, aged 77.

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist

Born 30 November 1667 · died 19 October 1745, aged 77

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

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

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