Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1809 to 1821.

Napoleon was 39 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin 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

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Napoleon and Charles Darwin 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.