Who Was Alive

Were Washington Irving and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Washington Irving and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 31 years, from 1828 to 1859.

Washington Irving was 45 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 31 when Washington Irving died, aged 76.

Washington Irving

American writer, historian and diplomat

Born 3 April 1783 · died 28 November 1859, aged 76

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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