Who Was Alive

Were Felix Mendelssohn and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Felix Mendelssohn and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1828 to 1847.

Felix Mendelssohn was 19 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 19 when Felix Mendelssohn died, aged 38.

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

Born 3 February 1809 · died 4 November 1847, aged 38

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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