Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Robert Schumann alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Robert Schumann were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1810 to 1821.

Napoleon was 40 when Robert Schumann was born.

Robert Schumann was 10 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

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic

Born 8 June 1810 · died 29 July 1856, aged 46

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