Who Was Alive

Were Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1769 to 1778.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was 57 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 8 when Jean-Jacques Rousseau died, aged 66.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer

Born 28 June 1712 · died 2 July 1778, aged 66

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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.