Who Was Alive

Were George Boole and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. George Boole and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1828 to 1864.

George Boole was 12 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 36 when George Boole died, aged 49.

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician

Born 2 November 1815 · died 8 December 1864, aged 49

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