Who Was Alive

Were Johann Gottfried Herder and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Gottfried Herder and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1769 to 1803.

Johann Gottfried Herder was 24 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 34 when Johann Gottfried Herder died, aged 59.

Johann Gottfried Herder

German philosopher, theologian, poet

Born 25 August 1744 · died 18 December 1803, aged 59

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 Gottfried Herder
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Johann Gottfried Herder 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.