Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Joseph Smith alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Joseph Smith were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1805 to 1821.

Napoleon was 36 when Joseph Smith was born.

Joseph Smith was 15 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

Joseph Smith

American religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement

Born 23 December 1805 · died 27 June 1844, aged 38

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