Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Edgar Allan Poe alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Edgar Allan Poe were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1809 to 1821.

Napoleon was 39 when Edgar Allan Poe was born.

Edgar Allan Poe was 12 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

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic

Born 19 January 1809 · died 7 October 1849, aged 40

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