Who Was Alive

Were Ada Lovelace and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Ada Lovelace and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1828 to 1852.

Ada Lovelace was 12 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 24 when Ada Lovelace died, aged 36.

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician

Born 10 December 1815 · died 27 November 1852, aged 36

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

Born 28 August 1828 (Julian calendar) · died 7 November 1910 (Julian calendar), aged 82

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Charles Darwin
  4. Ada Lovelace
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Ada Lovelace and Leo Tolstoy 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.