Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Shaka Zulu alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Shaka Zulu were alive at the same time, from 1785–1789 to 1821.

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

Shaka Zulu

Leader of the Zulu Kingdom

Born 1785–1789 · died 22–24 September 1828

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