Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Andrew Johnson alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Andrew Johnson were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1808 to 1821.

Napoleon was 39 when Andrew Johnson was born.

Andrew Johnson was 12 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

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

Born 29 December 1808 · died 31 July 1875, aged 66

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