Who Was Alive

Were Gregory XVI and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Gregory XVI and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1828 to 1846.

Gregory XVI was 62 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 17 when Gregory XVI died, aged 80.

Gregory XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846

Born 18 September 1765 · died 1 June 1846, aged 80

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

Born 28 August 1828 (Julian calendar) · died 7 November 1910 (Julian calendar), aged 82

  1. Gregory XVI
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Gregory XVI and Leo Tolstoy 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.