Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and William Makepeace Thackeray alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and William Makepeace Thackeray were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1811 to 1821.

Napoleon was 41 when William Makepeace Thackeray was born.

William Makepeace Thackeray was 9 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

William Makepeace Thackeray

British novelist

Born 18 July 1811 · died 24 December 1863, aged 52

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