Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Simón Bolívar alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Simón Bolívar were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1783 to 1821.

Napoleon was 13 when Simón Bolívar was born.

Simón Bolívar was 37 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

Simón Bolívar

Venezuelan statesman and military officer

Born 24 July 1783 · died 17 December 1830, aged 47

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