Molière · Johannes Vermeer Were Molière and Johannes Vermeer alive at the same time? Yes. Molière and Johannes Vermeer were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1632 to 1673. Molière was 10 when Johannes Vermeer was born.Johannes Vermeer was 40 when Molière died, aged 51. MolièreFrench playwright and actorBorn 15 January 1622 · died 17 February 1673, aged 51Johannes VermeerDutch painterBorn October 1632 · died 1675, aged 42 or 43 Galileo GalileiRené DescartesRembrandtMolièreJohn LockeJohannes VermeerIsaac Newton Molière and Johannes Vermeer 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.