Who Was Alive

Were Charles Baudelaire and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Charles Baudelaire and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1828 to 1867.

Charles Baudelaire was 7 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 38 when Charles Baudelaire died, aged 46.

Charles Baudelaire

French poet and critic

Born 9 April 1821 · died 31 August 1867, 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. Karl Marx
  5. Charles Baudelaire
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Charles Baudelaire 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.