Who Was Alive

Were Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart alive at the same time?

Yes. Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1756 to 1791.

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais was 24 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais was 59 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died, aged 35.

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais

French playwright, diplomat and polymath

Born 24 January 1732 · died 18 May 1799, aged 67

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

Born 27 January 1756 · died 5 December 1791, aged 35

  1. Voltaire
  2. Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Ludwig van Beethoven
  7. Napoleon
Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 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.