Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and William Wordsworth alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and William Wordsworth were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1770 to 1821.

Napoleon was under a year old when William Wordsworth was born.

Both were 51 when Napoleon died.

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

William Wordsworth

English Romantic poet

Born 7 April 1770 · died 23 April 1850, aged 80

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