Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Friedrich Hölderlin alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Friedrich Hölderlin were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1770 to 1821.

Napoleon was under a year old when Friedrich Hölderlin was born.

Both were 51 when Napoleon died.

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

Friedrich Hölderlin

German poet

Born 20 March 1770 · died 7 June 1843, aged 73

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