Who Was Alive

Were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1769 to 1791.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 13 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 22 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died, aged 35.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

Born 27 January 1756 · died 5 December 1791, aged 35

Napoleon

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

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

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