Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Alexander von Humboldt alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Alexander von Humboldt were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1769 to 1821.

Napoleon was under a year old when Alexander von Humboldt was born.

Both were 51 when Napoleon died.

Napoleon

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

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

Alexander von Humboldt

Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer

Born 14 September 1769 · died 6 May 1859, aged 89

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