Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Arthur Schopenhauer alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Arthur Schopenhauer were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1788 to 1821.

Napoleon was 18 when Arthur Schopenhauer was born.

Arthur Schopenhauer was 33 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

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher

Born 22 February 1788 · died 21 September 1860, aged 72

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