Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Honoré de Balzac alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Honoré de Balzac were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1799 to 1821.

Napoleon was 29 when Honoré de Balzac was born.

Honoré de Balzac was 21 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

Honoré de Balzac

French novelist and playwright

Born 20 May 1799 · died 18 August 1850, aged 51

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