Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Martin Van Buren alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Martin Van Buren were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1782 to 1821.

Napoleon was 13 when Martin Van Buren was born.

Martin Van Buren was 38 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

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

Born 5 December 1782 · died 24 July 1862, aged 79

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