Who Was Alive

Were Walter Scott and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Walter Scott and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1828 to 1832.

Walter Scott was 57 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 4 when Walter Scott died, aged 61.

Walter Scott

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright

Born 15 August 1771 · died 21 September 1832, aged 61

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

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

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