Who Was Alive

Were Horatio Nelson and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Horatio Nelson and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1769 to 1805.

Horatio Nelson was 10 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 36 when Horatio Nelson died, aged 47.

Horatio Nelson

British admiral

Born 29 September 1758 · died 21 October 1805, aged 47

Napoleon

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

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

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