Who Was Alive

Were Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1828 to 1831.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was 58 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 3 when Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel died, aged 61.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher and theologian

Born 27 August 1770 · died 14 November 1831, aged 61

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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