Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Thomas Young alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Thomas Young were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1773 to 1821.

Napoleon was 3 when Thomas Young was born.

Thomas Young was 47 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

Thomas Young

English polymath

Born 13 June 1773 · died 10 May 1829, aged 55

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