Who Was Alive

Were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Friedrich Schiller alive at the same time?

Yes. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Friedrich Schiller were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1759 to 1791.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 3 when Friedrich Schiller was born.

Friedrich Schiller was 32 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died, aged 35.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

Born 27 January 1756 · died 5 December 1791, aged 35

Friedrich Schiller

German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian

Born 10 November 1759 · died 9 May 1805, aged 45

  1. Voltaire
  2. George Washington
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Friedrich Schiller
  6. Ludwig van Beethoven
  7. Napoleon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Friedrich Schiller 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.