Who Was Alive

Were John Quincy Adams and Napoleon alive at the same time?

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

John Quincy Adams was 2 when Napoleon was born.

John Quincy Adams was 53 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

John Quincy Adams

President of the United States from 1825 to 1829

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

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. John Quincy Adams
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
John Quincy 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.