Who Was Alive

Were Edmund Burke and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Edmund Burke and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1769 to 1797.

Edmund Burke was 40 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 27 when Edmund Burke died, aged 68.

Edmund Burke

Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher

Born 12 January 1729 · died 9 July 1797, aged 68

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

  1. Edmund Burke
  2. George Washington
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Edmund Burke and Napoleon 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.