Who Was Alive

Were Klemens von Metternich and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Klemens von Metternich and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1828 to 1859.

Klemens von Metternich was 55 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 30 when Klemens von Metternich died, aged 86.

Klemens von Metternich

Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor

Born 15 May 1773 · died 11 June 1859, aged 86

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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