Who Was Alive

Were Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1769 to 1790.

Benjamin Franklin was 63 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 20 when Benjamin Franklin died, aged 84.

Benjamin Franklin

American polymath and statesman

Born 17 January 1706 · died 17 April 1790, aged 84

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Benjamin Franklin
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon 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.