Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Søren Kierkegaard alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Søren Kierkegaard were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1813 to 1821.

Napoleon was 43 when Søren Kierkegaard was born.

Søren Kierkegaard was 8 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

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic

Born 5 May 1813 · died 11 November 1855, aged 42

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