Who Was Alive

Were James K. Polk and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. James K. Polk and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1828 to 1849.

James K. Polk was 32 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 20 when James K. Polk died, aged 53.

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

Born 2 November 1795 · died 15 June 1849, aged 53

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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