Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Taras Shevchenko alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Taras Shevchenko were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1814 to 1821.

Napoleon was 44 when Taras Shevchenko was born.

Taras Shevchenko was 7 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

Taras Shevchenko

Ukrainian poet and artist

Born 25 February 1814 (Julian calendar) · died 26 February 1861 (Julian calendar), aged 47

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