Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and David Livingstone alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and David Livingstone were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1813 to 1821.

Napoleon was 43 when David Livingstone was born.

David Livingstone was 8 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

David Livingstone

Scottish missionary and explorer

Born 19 March 1813 · died 1 May 1873, aged 60

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