Who Was Alive

Were Hector Berlioz and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Hector Berlioz and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1828 to 1869.

Hector Berlioz was 24 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 40 when Hector Berlioz died, aged 65.

Hector Berlioz

French composer and conductor

Born 11 December 1803 · died 8 March 1869, aged 65

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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