Who Was Alive

Were Charlotte Brontë and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Charlotte Brontë and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1828 to 1855.

Charlotte Brontë was 12 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 26 when Charlotte Brontë died, aged 38.

Charlotte Brontë

British novelist and poet

Born 21 April 1816 · died 31 March 1855, aged 38

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Charles Darwin
  4. Charlotte Brontë
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Charlotte Brontë 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.