Who Was Alive

Were Humphry Davy and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Humphry Davy and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 0 years, from 1828 to 1829.

Humphry Davy was 49 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was under a year old when Humphry Davy died, aged 50.

Humphry Davy

British chemist

Born 17 December 1778 · died 29 May 1829, aged 50

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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