Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Robert Malthus and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Thomas Robert Malthus and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 6 years, from 1828 to 1834.

Thomas Robert Malthus was 62 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 6 when Thomas Robert Malthus died, aged 68.

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist

Born 13–14 February 1766 · died 23 December 1834, aged 68

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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