Who Was Alive

Were Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1769 to 1813.

Joseph-Louis Lagrange was 33 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 43 when Joseph-Louis Lagrange died, aged 77.

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer

Born 25 January 1736 · died 10 April 1813, aged 77

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. Joseph-Louis Lagrange
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Joseph-Louis Lagrange 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.