Mahatma Gandhi · Albert Einstein Were Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 68 years, from 1879 to 1948. Mahatma Gandhi was 9 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 68 when Mahatma Gandhi died, aged 78. Mahatma GandhiIndian independence activistBorn 2 October 1869 · died 30 January 1948, aged 78Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Karl MarxMahatma GandhiAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein 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.