Who Was Alive

Were Pierre-Simon Laplace and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Pierre-Simon Laplace and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1769 to 1821.

Pierre-Simon Laplace was 20 when Napoleon was born.

Pierre-Simon Laplace was 72 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Pierre-Simon Laplace

French mathematician and astronomer

Born 23 March 1749 · died 5 March 1827, aged 77

Napoleon

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

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

  1. George Washington
  2. Pierre-Simon Laplace
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Pierre-Simon Laplace 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.