Who Was Alive

Were Heinrich Heine and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Heinrich Heine and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1828 to 1856.

Heinrich Heine was 30 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 27 when Heinrich Heine died, aged 58.

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic

Born 13 December 1797 · died 17 February 1856, aged 58

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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