Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Prosper Mérimée alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Prosper Mérimée were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1803 to 1821.

Napoleon was 34 when Prosper Mérimée was born.

Prosper Mérimée was 17 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

Prosper Mérimée

French writer, archaeologist and historian

Born 28 September 1803 · died 23 September 1870, aged 66

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Prosper Mérimée
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Napoleon and Prosper Mérimée 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.