Who Was Alive

Were Arthur Schopenhauer and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Arthur Schopenhauer and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1828 to 1860.

Arthur Schopenhauer was 40 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 32 when Arthur Schopenhauer died, aged 72.

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher

Born 22 February 1788 · died 21 September 1860, aged 72

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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