Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Alexandre Dumas alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Alexandre Dumas were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1802 to 1821.

Napoleon was 32 when Alexandre Dumas was born.

Alexandre Dumas was 18 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

Alexandre Dumas

French writer and dramatist

Born 24 July 1802 · died 5 December 1870, aged 68

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Alexandre Dumas
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Napoleon and Alexandre Dumas 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.