Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1777 to 1821.

Napoleon was 8 when Alexander I of Russia was born.

Alexander I of Russia was 43 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

Alexander I of Russia

The tenth Emperor of Russia

Born 12 December 1777 (Julian calendar) · died 19 November 1825 (Julian calendar), aged 47

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Alexander I of Russia
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia 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.