Who Was Alive

Were Bernhard Riemann and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Bernhard Riemann and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1828 to 1866.

Bernhard Riemann was 1 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 37 when Bernhard Riemann died, aged 39.

Bernhard Riemann

German mathematician

Born 17 September 1826 · died 20 July 1866, aged 39

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Charles Darwin
  4. Karl Marx
  5. Bernhard Riemann
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Bernhard Riemann 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.