Who Was Alive

Were Robert Schumann and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert Schumann and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1828 to 1856.

Robert Schumann was 18 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 27 when Robert Schumann died, aged 46.

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic

Born 8 June 1810 · died 29 July 1856, aged 46

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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