Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1769 to 1821.

Thomas Jefferson was 26 when Napoleon was born.

Thomas Jefferson was 78 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Thomas Jefferson

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809

Born 2 April 1743 (Julian calendar) · died 4 July 1826, aged 83

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. Thomas Jefferson
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
Thomas Jefferson 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.