Who Was Alive

Were Adam Smith and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Adam Smith and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1769 to 1790.

Adam Smith was 46 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 20 when Adam Smith died, aged 67.

Adam Smith

Scottish moral philosopher and political economist

Born June 1723 · died 17 July 1790, aged 67

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. Adam Smith
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Adam Smith 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.