Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Niels Henrik Abel alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Niels Henrik Abel were alive at the same time for 18 years, from 1802 to 1821.

Napoleon was 32 when Niels Henrik Abel was born.

Niels Henrik Abel was 18 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

Niels Henrik Abel

Norwegian mathematician

Born 5 August 1802 · died 6 April 1829, aged 26

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