Ludwig Wittgenstein

1889 – 1951 · died at about 62^[1][2]

Philosophy & Thought

Fun Facts About Ludwig Wittgenstein

• Ludwig Wittgenstein inherited a fortune that made him one of the wealthiest men in Europe, then gave part of it to poets and artists such as Rilke and the rest to his siblings.^[1]
• Wittgenstein and Adolf Hitler attended the same school in Linz at the same time, though never in the same class, and there is no evidence the two ever had anything to do with each other.^[1][3][4]
• Before philosophy, Wittgenstein studied aeronautics in Manchester and patented a propeller with small jet engines on the tips of its blades.^[1]
• When Wittgenstein returned to Cambridge in 1929, John Maynard Keynes wrote to his wife: "Well, God has arrived. I met him on the 5.15 train."^[1][5][6]
• At the end of his PhD defense, Wittgenstein clapped his examiners, Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore, on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I know you'll never understand it."^[1][7][8]
• Wittgenstein helped design his sister's house in Vienna with obsessive care: it took him a year to design the door handles and another to design the radiators.^[1]
• Ludwig Wittgenstein was alive at the same time as Narendra Modi — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1950–1951).^{[1][2][9][10]}
• Ludwig Wittgenstein and Alfred Hitchcock died on the same day of the year, April 29.^{[1][2][11][12]}

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher who worked in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.^[1]

Contemporaries

Winston Churchill

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Carl Jung

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Albert Einstein

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Pablo Picasso

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Alexander Fleming

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Igor Stravinsky

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Coco Chanel

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Diego Rivera

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Niels Bohr

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Erwin Schrödinger

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Georgia O'Keeffe

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Charlie Chaplin

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Their World

Questions About Ludwig Wittgenstein

When was Ludwig Wittgenstein born?

Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on April 26, 1889, and died on April 29, 1951.

How old was Ludwig Wittgenstein at death?

Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on April 26, 1889, and died on April 29, 1951, at age 62.

What was Ludwig Wittgenstein known for?

Ludwig Wittgenstein was known for: Philosopher of logic and language. Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher who worked in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.

Who was alive at the same time as Ludwig Wittgenstein?

Ludwig Wittgenstein's closest contemporary was Winston Churchill. Their lives overlapped for 62 years.