Pieter Zeeman · Albert Einstein Were Pieter Zeeman and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Pieter Zeeman and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1879 to 1943. Pieter Zeeman was 13 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 64 when Pieter Zeeman died, aged 78. Pieter ZeemanDutch physicistBorn 25 May 1865 · died 9 October 1943, aged 78Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Karl MarxPieter ZeemanVladimir LeninAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Pieter Zeeman 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.