Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and John Stuart Mill alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and John Stuart Mill were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1806 to 1821.

Napoleon was 36 when John Stuart Mill was born.

John Stuart Mill was 14 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

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and political economist

Born 20 May 1806 · died 8 May 1873, aged 66

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. John Stuart Mill
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Napoleon and John Stuart Mill 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.