Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Samuel Taylor Coleridge alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were alive at the same time for 48 years, from 1772 to 1821.

Napoleon was 3 when Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was 48 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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet, literary critic and philosopher

Born 21 October 1772 · died 25 July 1834, aged 61

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