Who Was Alive

Were Taras Shevchenko and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Taras Shevchenko and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1828 to 1861.

Taras Shevchenko was 14 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 32 when Taras Shevchenko died, aged 47.

Taras Shevchenko

Ukrainian poet and artist

Born 25 February 1814 (Julian calendar) · died 26 February 1861 (Julian calendar), aged 47

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. Taras Shevchenko
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
  9. Adolf Hitler
Taras Shevchenko 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.