Who Was Alive

Were Jeremy Bentham and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Jeremy Bentham and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 3 years, from 1828 to 1832.

Jeremy Bentham was 80 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 3 when Jeremy Bentham died, aged 84.

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer

Born 15 February 1748 · died 6 June 1832, aged 84

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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