Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Nikolai Gogol alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Nikolai Gogol were alive at the same time for 11 or 12 years, from 1808–1809 to 1821.

Napoleon was 39 or 40 when Nikolai Gogol was born.

Nikolai Gogol was 11 or 12 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

Nikolai Gogol

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin

Born 1808–1809 (Julian calendar) · died 1851–1852 (Julian calendar), aged 42 or 43

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