Who Was Alive

Were Samuel Johnson and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Samuel Johnson and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1769 to 1784.

Samuel Johnson was 59 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 15 when Samuel Johnson died, aged 75.

Samuel Johnson

English writer and lexicographer

Born 18 September 1709 · died 13 December 1784, aged 75

Napoleon

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

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Samuel Johnson
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Samuel Johnson 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.