Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Évariste Galois alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Évariste Galois were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1811 to 1821.

Napoleon was 42 when Évariste Galois was born.

Évariste Galois was 9 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

Évariste Galois

French mathematician

Born 25 October 1811 · died 31 May 1832, aged 20

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