Who Was Alive

Were Thomas Robert Malthus and Napoleon alive at the same time?

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

Thomas Robert Malthus was 3 when Napoleon was born.

Thomas Robert Malthus was 55 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist

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

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. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Thomas Robert Malthus
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Thomas Robert Malthus 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.