Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Emily Brontë alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Emily Brontë were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1818 to 1821.

Napoleon was 48 when Emily Brontë was born.

Emily Brontë was 2 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

Emily Brontë

English novelist and poet

Born 30 July 1818 · died 19 December 1848, aged 30

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