Who Was Alive

Were John Adams and Napoleon alive at the same time?

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

John Adams was 33 when Napoleon was born.

John Adams was 85 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

John Adams

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801

Born 19 October 1735 (Julian calendar) · died 4 July 1826, aged 90

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. John Adams
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
John Adams 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.