Who Was Alive

Were Alexis de Tocqueville and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexis de Tocqueville and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1828 to 1859.

Alexis de Tocqueville was 23 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 30 when Alexis de Tocqueville died, aged 53.

Alexis de Tocqueville

French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs

Born 29 July 1805 · died 16 April 1859, aged 53

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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