Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Felix Mendelssohn alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Felix Mendelssohn were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1809 to 1821.

Napoleon was 39 when Felix Mendelssohn was born.

Felix Mendelssohn 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

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

Born 3 February 1809 · died 4 November 1847, aged 38

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