Who Was Alive

Were Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1809 to 1813.

Joseph-Louis Lagrange was 73 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 4 when Joseph-Louis Lagrange died, aged 77.

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer

Born 25 January 1736 · died 10 April 1813, aged 77

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. George Washington
  2. Joseph-Louis Lagrange
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Abraham Lincoln
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Charles Darwin 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.