Who Was Alive

Were Germaine de Staël and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Germaine de Staël and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1769 to 1817.

Germaine de Staël was 3 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 47 when Germaine de Staël died, aged 51.

Germaine de Staël

Genevan-French author

Born 22 April 1766 · died 14 July 1817, aged 51

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. Germaine de Staël
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Germaine de Staël 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.