Who Was Alive

Were Alfred de Musset and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Alfred de Musset and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1828 to 1857.

Alfred de Musset was 17 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 28 when Alfred de Musset died, aged 46.

Alfred de Musset

French writer

Born 11 December 1810 · died 2 May 1857, aged 46

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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