Who Was Alive

Were Niels Henrik Abel and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Niels Henrik Abel and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 0 years, from 1828 to 1829.

Niels Henrik Abel was 26 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was under a year old when Niels Henrik Abel died, aged 26.

Niels Henrik Abel

Norwegian mathematician

Born 5 August 1802 · died 6 April 1829, aged 26

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

Born 28 August 1828 (Julian calendar) · died 7 November 1910 (Julian calendar), aged 82

  1. Napoleon
  2. Niels Henrik Abel
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Niels Henrik Abel and Leo Tolstoy 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.