Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Zachary Taylor alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Zachary Taylor were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1784 to 1821.

Napoleon was 15 when Zachary Taylor was born.

Zachary Taylor was 36 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

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

Born 24 November 1784 · died 9 July 1850, aged 65

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