Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Charles Dickens alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Charles Dickens were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1812 to 1821.

Napoleon was 42 when Charles Dickens was born.

Charles Dickens was 9 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 Dickens

English novelist and social critic

Born 7 February 1812 · died 9 June 1870, aged 58

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