Who Was Alive

Were Leonhard Euler and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonhard Euler and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1769 to 1783.

Leonhard Euler was 62 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 14 when Leonhard Euler died, aged 76.

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer

Born 15 April 1707 · died 18 September 1783, aged 76

Napoleon

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

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Leonhard Euler
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Leonhard Euler 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.