Who Was Alive

Were Peter the Great and Voltaire alive at the same time?

Yes. Peter the Great and Voltaire were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1694 to 1725.

Peter the Great was 22 when Voltaire was born.

Voltaire was 30 when Peter the Great died, aged 52.

Peter the Great

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

Born 30 May 1672 (Julian calendar) · died 28 January 1725 (Julian calendar), aged 52

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Peter the Great
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  6. Immanuel Kant
  7. George Washington
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. Napoleon
Peter the Great 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.