Who Was Alive

Were Friedrich Schiller and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Friedrich Schiller and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1769 to 1805.

Friedrich Schiller was 9 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 35 when Friedrich Schiller died, aged 45.

Friedrich Schiller

German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian

Born 10 November 1759 · died 9 May 1805, aged 45

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. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. Friedrich Schiller
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Friedrich Schiller 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.