Who Was Alive

Were John Quincy Adams and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. John Quincy Adams and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1828 to 1848.

John Quincy Adams was 61 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 19 when John Quincy Adams died, aged 80.

John Quincy Adams

President of the United States from 1825 to 1829

Born 11 July 1767 · died 23 February 1848, aged 80

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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