Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Samuel Finley Breese Morse alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Samuel Finley Breese Morse were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1791 to 1821.

Napoleon was 21 when Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was 30 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

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

American inventor and painter

Born 27 April 1791 · died 2 April 1872, aged 80

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