Who Was Alive

Were Jeremy Bentham and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Jeremy Bentham and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1769 to 1821.

Jeremy Bentham was 21 when Napoleon was born.

Jeremy Bentham was 73 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer

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

Napoleon

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

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

  1. George Washington
  2. Jeremy Bentham
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Jeremy Bentham 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.