Who Was Alive

Were Honoré de Balzac and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Honoré de Balzac and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1828 to 1850.

Honoré de Balzac was 29 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 21 when Honoré de Balzac died, aged 51.

Honoré de Balzac

French novelist and playwright

Born 20 May 1799 · died 18 August 1850, aged 51

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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