Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Heinrich Heine alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Heinrich Heine were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1797 to 1821.

Napoleon was 28 when Heinrich Heine was born.

Heinrich Heine 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

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic

Born 13 December 1797 · died 17 February 1856, aged 58

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