Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Alexander Pushkin alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Alexander Pushkin were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1799 to 1821.

Napoleon was 29 when Alexander Pushkin was born.

Alexander Pushkin was 21 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 Pushkin

Russian poet, playwright, and novelist

Born 26 May 1799 (Julian calendar) · died 29 January 1837 (Julian calendar), aged 37

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Alexander Pushkin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Napoleon and Alexander Pushkin 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.