Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Carl von Clausewitz alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Carl von Clausewitz were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1780 to 1821.

Napoleon was 10 when Carl von Clausewitz was born.

Carl von Clausewitz was 40 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

Carl von Clausewitz

German-Prussian general and military theorist

Born 1 June 1780 · died 16 November 1831, aged 51

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