Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Walter Scott alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Walter Scott were alive at the same time for 49 years, from 1771 to 1821.

Napoleon was 2 when Walter Scott was born.

Walter Scott was 49 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

Walter Scott

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright

Born 15 August 1771 · died 21 September 1832, aged 61

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