Who Was Alive

Were Louis XIV of France and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Louis XIV of France and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1694 to 1715.

Louis XIV of France was 56 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 20 when Louis XIV of France died, aged 76.

Louis XIV of France

King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715

Born 5 September 1638 · died 1 September 1715, aged 76

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Louis XIV of France
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. George Washington
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. Napoleon
Louis XIV of France and Voltaire 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.