Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Eugène Delacroix alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Eugène Delacroix were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1798 to 1821.

Napoleon was 28 when Eugène Delacroix was born.

Eugène Delacroix was 23 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

Eugène Delacroix

French painter

Born 26 April 1798 · died 13 August 1863, aged 65

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