Who Was Alive

Were Wassily Kandinsky and Albert Einstein alive at the same time?

Yes. Wassily Kandinsky and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 65 years, from 1879 to 1944.

Wassily Kandinsky was 12 when Albert Einstein was born.

Albert Einstein was 65 when Wassily Kandinsky died, aged 78.

Wassily Kandinsky

Avant-garde painter of Russian origin

Born 22 November 1866 (Julian calendar) · died 13 December 1944, aged 78

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist

Born 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76

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Wassily Kandinsky 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.