Who Was Alive

Were Maximilien Robespierre and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Maximilien Robespierre and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1769 to 1794.

Maximilien Robespierre was 11 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 24 when Maximilien Robespierre died, aged 36.

Maximilien Robespierre

French revolutionary lawyer and politician

Born 6 May 1758 · died 28 July 1794, aged 36

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. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. Maximilien Robespierre
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
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  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Maximilien Robespierre 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.