Who Was Alive

Were Alexander von Humboldt and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Alexander von Humboldt and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1828 to 1859.

Alexander von Humboldt was 58 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 30 when Alexander von Humboldt died, aged 89.

Alexander von Humboldt

Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer

Born 14 September 1769 · died 6 May 1859, aged 89

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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