Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Michael Faraday alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Michael Faraday were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1791 to 1821.

Napoleon was 22 when Michael Faraday was born.

Michael Faraday was 29 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

Michael Faraday

British scientist

Born 22 September 1791 · died 25 August 1867, aged 75

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