Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Napoleon and Hans Christian Ørsted were alive at the same time for 43 years, from 1777 to 1821.

Napoleon was 7 when Hans Christian Ørsted was born.

Hans Christian Ørsted was 43 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 Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist

Born 14 August 1777 · died 9 March 1851, aged 73

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