Who Was Alive

Were Stendhal and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Stendhal and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1828 to 1842.

Stendhal was 45 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 13 when Stendhal died, aged 59.

Stendhal

French writer

Born 23 January 1783 · died 23 March 1842, aged 59

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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