Who Was Alive

Were Martin Van Buren and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Martin Van Buren and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1828 to 1862.

Martin Van Buren was 45 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 33 when Martin Van Buren died, aged 79.

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

Born 5 December 1782 · died 24 July 1862, aged 79

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

Born 28 August 1828 (Julian calendar) · died 7 November 1910 (Julian calendar), aged 82

  1. Napoleon
  2. Martin Van Buren
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Martin Van Buren and Leo Tolstoy 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.