Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Hans Christian Andersen alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Hans Christian Andersen were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1805 to 1821.

Napoleon was 35 when Hans Christian Andersen was born.

Hans Christian Andersen was 16 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

Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer and poet

Born 2 April 1805 · died 4 August 1875, aged 70

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