1769–1821
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815
51years old at death
18,890days lived
18%of the people on this site died younger
Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769 and died on 5 May 1821, aged 51 years and 263 days. That is 18,890 days in all.
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- James GandolfiniAmerican actor · 1961–201351 yrs
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- MolièreFrench playwright and actor · 1622–167351 yrs
- Marcel ProustFrench novelist, critic and essayist · 1871–192251 yrs
- Honoré de BalzacFrench novelist and playwright · 1799–185051 yrs
- Rainer Maria RilkeAustrian poet and writer · 1875–192651 yrs
- Paul VerlaineFrench poet · 1844–189651 yrs
- Édouard ManetFrench painter · 1832–188351 yrs
- Johann Gottlieb FichteGerman philosopher · 1762–181451 yrs
- Carl von ClausewitzGerman-Prussian general and military theorist · 1780–183151 yrs
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Also born on 15 August
- Walter ScottScottish novelist, poet and playwright · 1771–183261 yrs
- Louis de BroglieNobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter · 1892–198794 yrs
- Aurobindo GhoshIndian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist · 1872–195078 yrs
- Gerty CoriAustro-Hungarian-American biochemist · 1896–195761 yrs
- Julia ChildAmerican chef · 1912–200491 yrs
- Stieg LarssonSwedish author · 1954–200450 yrs
Famous people born on 15 August
Where this comes from
Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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