Who Was Alive

Were Amedeo Avogadro and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Amedeo Avogadro and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1828 to 1856.

Amedeo Avogadro was 52 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 27 when Amedeo Avogadro died, aged 79.

Amedeo Avogadro

Italian scientist

Born 9 August 1776 · died 9 July 1856, aged 79

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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