Who Was Alive

Were Robert Burns and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Burns and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 26 years, from 1769 to 1796.

Robert Burns was 10 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 26 when Robert Burns died, aged 37.

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist

Born 25 January 1759 · died 21 July 1796, aged 37

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. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. Robert Burns
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Robert Burns 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.