Who Was Alive

Were William Makepeace Thackeray and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. William Makepeace Thackeray and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1828 to 1863.

William Makepeace Thackeray was 17 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 35 when William Makepeace Thackeray died, aged 52.

William Makepeace Thackeray

British novelist

Born 18 July 1811 · died 24 December 1863, aged 52

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

  1. Napoleon
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  3. Charles Darwin
  4. William Makepeace Thackeray
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
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William Makepeace Thackeray 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.