Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Ada Lovelace alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Ada Lovelace were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1815 to 1821.

Napoleon was 46 when Ada Lovelace was born.

Ada Lovelace was 5 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

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician

Born 10 December 1815 · died 27 November 1852, aged 36

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