Who Was Alive

Were Michael Faraday and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Michael Faraday and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1828 to 1867.

Michael Faraday was 36 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 38 when Michael Faraday died, aged 75.

Michael Faraday

British scientist

Born 22 September 1791 · died 25 August 1867, aged 75

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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