Who Was Alive

Were Søren Kierkegaard and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Søren Kierkegaard and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1828 to 1855.

Søren Kierkegaard was 15 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 27 when Søren Kierkegaard died, aged 42.

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic

Born 5 May 1813 · died 11 November 1855, aged 42

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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