Who Was Alive

Were Lord Byron and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Lord Byron and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1809 to 1824.

Lord Byron was 21 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 15 when Lord Byron died, aged 36.

Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist

Born 22 January 1788 · died 19 April 1824, aged 36

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Lord Byron
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Lord Byron and Charles Darwin 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.