Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and E. T. A. Hoffmann alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and E. T. A. Hoffmann were alive at the same time for 45 years, from 1776 to 1821.

Napoleon was 6 when E. T. A. Hoffmann was born.

E. T. A. Hoffmann was 45 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

E. T. A. Hoffmann

German writer

Born 24 January 1776 · died 1822, aged 45 or 46

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. E. T. A. Hoffmann
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Napoleon and E. T. A. Hoffmann 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.