Who Was Alive

Were Friedrich Hölderlin and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Friedrich Hölderlin and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1828 to 1843.

Friedrich Hölderlin was 58 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 14 when Friedrich Hölderlin died, aged 73.

Friedrich Hölderlin

German poet

Born 20 March 1770 · died 7 June 1843, aged 73

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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