Who Was Alive

Were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1769 to 1821.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 19 when Napoleon was born.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was 71 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician

Born 28 August 1749 · died 22 March 1832, aged 82

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. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.