Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Giacomo Leopardi alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Giacomo Leopardi were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1798 to 1821.

Napoleon was 28 when Giacomo Leopardi was born.

Giacomo Leopardi was 22 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

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian noble, poet, philosopher, and writer

Born 29 June 1798 · died 14 June 1837, aged 38

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