Who Was Alive

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

Yes. James Madison and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1828 to 1836.

James Madison was 77 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 7 when James Madison died, aged 85.

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

Born 16 March 1751 · died 28 June 1836, aged 85

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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