Who Was Alive

Were Joseph Fourier and Napoleon alive at the same time?

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

Joseph Fourier was 1 when Napoleon was born.

Joseph Fourier was 53 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Joseph Fourier

French mathematician and physicist

Born 21 March 1768 · died 16 May 1830, aged 62

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. Joseph Fourier
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Joseph Fourier 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.