Who Was Alive

Were Hans Christian Ørsted and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Hans Christian Ørsted and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1828 to 1851.

Hans Christian Ørsted was 51 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 22 when Hans Christian Ørsted died, aged 73.

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist

Born 14 August 1777 · died 9 March 1851, aged 73

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

  1. Napoleon
  2. Hans Christian Ørsted
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Hans Christian Ørsted 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.