Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Charlotte Brontë alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Charlotte Brontë were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1816 to 1821.

Napoleon was 46 when Charlotte Brontë was born.

Charlotte Brontë was 5 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

Charlotte Brontë

British novelist and poet

Born 21 April 1816 · died 31 March 1855, aged 38

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