Who Was Alive

Were Anne Brontë and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Anne Brontë and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1828 to 1849.

Anne Brontë was 8 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 20 when Anne Brontë died, aged 29.

Anne Brontë

British novelist and poet

Born 17 January 1820 · died 28 May 1849, aged 29

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. Karl Marx
  5. Anne Brontë
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Anne Brontë 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.