Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1809 to 1821.

Napoleon was 39 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 12 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Napoleon

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

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

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Napoleon and Abraham Lincoln 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.