Who Was Alive

Were Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 29 years, from 1769 to 1799.

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais was 37 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 29 when Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais died, aged 67.

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais

French playwright, diplomat and polymath

Born 24 January 1732 · died 18 May 1799, aged 67

Napoleon

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

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

Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais and Napoleon 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.