Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Lord Byron alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Lord Byron were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1788 to 1821.

Napoleon was 18 when Lord Byron was born.

Lord Byron was 33 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

Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist

Born 22 January 1788 · died 19 April 1824, aged 36

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Lord Byron
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Napoleon and Lord Byron 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.