Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Jane Austen alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Jane Austen were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1775 to 1817.

Napoleon was 6 when Jane Austen was born.

Napoleon was 47 when Jane Austen died, aged 41.

Napoleon

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

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

Jane Austen

Author, novelist, writer

Born 16 December 1775 · died 18 July 1817, aged 41

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Jane Austen
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Napoleon and Jane Austen 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.