Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Alexis de Tocqueville alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Alexis de Tocqueville were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1805 to 1821.

Napoleon was 35 when Alexis de Tocqueville was born.

Alexis de Tocqueville was 15 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

Alexis de Tocqueville

French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs

Born 29 July 1805 · died 16 April 1859, aged 53

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