Who Was Alive

Were Wilhelm von Humboldt and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Wilhelm von Humboldt and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1828 to 1835.

Wilhelm von Humboldt was 61 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 6 when Wilhelm von Humboldt died, aged 67.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator

Born 22 June 1767 · died 8 April 1835, aged 67

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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