Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Frédéric Chopin alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Frédéric Chopin were alive at the same time for 11 years, from 1810 to 1821.

Napoleon was 40 when Frédéric Chopin was born.

Frédéric Chopin was 11 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

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist

Born 1 March 1810 · died 17 October 1849, aged 39

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