Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Paine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Paine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were alive at the same time for 59 years, from 1749 to 1809.

Thomas Paine was 12 when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 59 when Thomas Paine died, aged 72.

Thomas Paine

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist

Born 29 January 1737 (Julian calendar) · died 8 June 1809, aged 72

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

Born 28 August 1749 · died 22 March 1832, aged 82

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  2. Thomas Paine
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Thomas Paine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.