Wilhelm Wien · Albert Einstein Were Wilhelm Wien and Albert Einstein alive at the same time? Yes. Wilhelm Wien and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 49 years, from 1879 to 1928. Wilhelm Wien was 15 when Albert Einstein was born.Albert Einstein was 49 when Wilhelm Wien died, aged 64. Wilhelm WienGerman physicistBorn 13 January 1864 · died 30 August 1928, aged 64Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicistBorn 14 March 1879 · died 18 April 1955, aged 76 Abraham LincolnKarl MarxWilhelm WienAlbert EinsteinAdolf HitlerRonald ReaganDonald TrumpVladimir Putin Wilhelm Wien 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.