Who Was Alive

Were Louis XV of France and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Louis XV of France and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1749 to 1774.

Louis XV of France was 39 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 24 when Louis XV of France died, aged 64.

Louis XV of France

King of France and Navarre 1715 to 1774

Born 15 February 1710 · died 10 May 1774, aged 64

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Louis XV of France
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
  10. Leo Tolstoy
Louis XV of France 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.