Who Was Alive

Were Emily Brontë and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Emily Brontë and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1828 to 1848.

Emily Brontë was 10 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 20 when Emily Brontë died, aged 30.

Emily Brontë

English novelist and poet

Born 30 July 1818 · died 19 December 1848, aged 30

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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