Who Was Alive

Were Giacomo Leopardi and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Giacomo Leopardi and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1828 to 1837.

Giacomo Leopardi was 30 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 8 when Giacomo Leopardi died, aged 38.

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian noble, poet, philosopher, and writer

Born 29 June 1798 · died 14 June 1837, aged 38

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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