Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Mary Shelley alive at the same time?

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

Napoleon was 28 when Mary Shelley was born.

Mary Shelley 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

Mary Shelley

English writer

Born 30 August 1797 · died 1 February 1851, aged 53

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