Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Auguste Comte alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Auguste Comte were alive at the same time for 23 years, from 1798 to 1821.

Napoleon was 28 when Auguste Comte was born.

Auguste Comte was 23 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

Auguste Comte

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist

Born 19 January 1798 · died 5 September 1857, aged 59

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