Who Was Alive

Were Carl von Clausewitz and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Carl von Clausewitz and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1828 to 1831.

Carl von Clausewitz was 48 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 3 when Carl von Clausewitz died, aged 51.

Carl von Clausewitz

German-Prussian general and military theorist

Born 1 June 1780 · died 16 November 1831, aged 51

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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