Who Was Alive

Were Katsushika Hokusai and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Katsushika Hokusai and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1769 to 1821.

Katsushika Hokusai was 8 when Napoleon was born.

Katsushika Hokusai was 60 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese artist

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

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. Katsushika Hokusai
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Katsushika Hokusai 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.