Who Was Alive

Were Jacques-Louis David and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Jacques-Louis David and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1769 to 1821.

Jacques-Louis David was 20 when Napoleon was born.

Jacques-Louis David was 72 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Jacques-Louis David

French painter

Born 30 August 1748 · died 29 December 1825, aged 77

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. Jacques-Louis David
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Jacques-Louis David 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.