Who Was Alive

Were James Fenimore Cooper and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. James Fenimore Cooper and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1828 to 1851.

James Fenimore Cooper was 38 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 23 when James Fenimore Cooper died, aged 61.

James Fenimore Cooper

American writer

Born 15 September 1789 · died 14 September 1851, aged 61

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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