Who Was Alive

Were Frédéric Chopin and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Frédéric Chopin and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1828 to 1849.

Frédéric Chopin was 18 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 21 when Frédéric Chopin died, aged 39.

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist

Born 1 March 1810 · died 17 October 1849, aged 39

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. Frédéric Chopin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Frédéric Chopin 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.