Who Was Alive

Were Alexander Pushkin and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexander Pushkin and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1828 to 1837.

Alexander Pushkin was 29 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 8 when Alexander Pushkin died, aged 37.

Alexander Pushkin

Russian poet, playwright, and novelist

Born 26 May 1799 (Julian calendar) · died 29 January 1837 (Julian calendar), aged 37

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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