Who Was Alive

Were Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1769 to 1788.

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was 61 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 18 when Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon died, aged 80.

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

French natural historian

Born 7 September 1707 · died 15 April 1788, aged 80

Napoleon

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

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon 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.