Who Was Alive

Were Robert Boyle and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Boyle and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1685 to 1691.

Robert Boyle was 58 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 6 when Robert Boyle died, aged 64.

Robert Boyle

Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

Born 25 January 1627 · died 31 December 1691, aged 64

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Born 21 March 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 28 July 1750, aged 65

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Molière
  4. Robert Boyle
  5. Isaac Newton
  6. Johann Sebastian Bach
  7. Voltaire
  8. Immanuel Kant
  9. George Washington
  10. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Robert Boyle and Johann Sebastian Bach 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.