Who Was Alive

Were Alessandro Volta and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Alessandro Volta and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1809 to 1827.

Alessandro Volta was 63 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 18 when Alessandro Volta died, aged 82.

Alessandro Volta

Italian chemist and physicist

Born 18 February 1745 · died 5 March 1827, aged 82

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. Alessandro Volta
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Alessandro Volta and Charles Darwin 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.