Who Was Alive

Were Jane Austen and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Jane Austen and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1809 to 1817.

Jane Austen was 33 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 8 when Jane Austen died, aged 41.

Jane Austen

Author, novelist, writer

Born 16 December 1775 · died 18 July 1817, aged 41

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Jane Austen
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Abraham Lincoln
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
Jane Austen and Charles Darwin 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.