Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Humphry Davy alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Humphry Davy were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1778 to 1821.

Napoleon was 9 when Humphry Davy was born.

Humphry Davy was 42 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

Humphry Davy

British chemist

Born 17 December 1778 · died 29 May 1829, aged 50

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