Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Stendhal alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Stendhal were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1783 to 1821.

Napoleon was 13 when Stendhal was born.

Stendhal was 38 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

Stendhal

French writer

Born 23 January 1783 · died 23 March 1842, aged 59

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