Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Charles Babbage alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Charles Babbage were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1791 to 1821.

Napoleon was 22 when Charles Babbage was born.

Charles Babbage was 29 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

Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer

Born 26 December 1791 · died 18 October 1871, aged 79

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Charles Babbage
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Napoleon and Charles Babbage 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.