Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Robert E. Lee alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Robert E. Lee were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1807 to 1821.

Napoleon was 37 when Robert E. Lee was born.

Robert E. Lee 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

Robert E. Lee

Confederate States general

Born 19 January 1807 · died 12 October 1870, aged 63

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