Who Was Alive

Were James Buchanan and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. James Buchanan and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 39 years, from 1828 to 1868.

James Buchanan was 37 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 39 when James Buchanan died, aged 77.

James Buchanan

President of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Born 23 April 1791 · died 1 June 1868, aged 77

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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