Who Was Alive

Were Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 63 years, from 1749 to 1813.

Joseph-Louis Lagrange was 13 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 63 when Joseph-Louis Lagrange died, aged 77.

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

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Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.