Who Was Alive

Were Auguste Comte and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Auguste Comte and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1828 to 1857.

Auguste Comte was 30 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 28 when Auguste Comte died, aged 59.

Auguste Comte

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist

Born 19 January 1798 · died 5 September 1857, aged 59

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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