Who Was Alive

Were Edgar Allan Poe and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Edgar Allan Poe and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1828 to 1849.

Edgar Allan Poe was 19 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 21 when Edgar Allan Poe died, aged 40.

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic

Born 19 January 1809 · died 7 October 1849, aged 40

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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