Who Was Alive

Were Katsushika Hokusai and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Katsushika Hokusai and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1828 to 1849.

Katsushika Hokusai was 67 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 20 when Katsushika Hokusai died, aged 88.

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese artist

Born 31 October 1760 · died 10 May 1849, aged 88

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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