Who Was Alive

Were Edward Gibbon and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Edward Gibbon and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1769 to 1794.

Edward Gibbon was 32 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 24 when Edward Gibbon died, aged 56.

Edward Gibbon

English historian and politician

Born 8 May 1737 · died 16 January 1794, aged 56

Napoleon

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

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

  1. George Washington
  2. Edward Gibbon
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Edward Gibbon 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.