Who Was Alive

Were Voltaire and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Voltaire and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1769 to 1778.

Voltaire was 74 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 8 when Voltaire died, aged 83.

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

Born 21 November 1694 · died 30 May 1778, aged 83

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Voltaire
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Voltaire and Napoleon 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.