Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Anton Chekhov alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Anton Chekhov were alive at the same time for 5 years, from 1860 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 50 when Anton Chekhov was born.

Anton Chekhov was 5 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

Anton Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author

Born 29 January 1860 · died 15 July 1904, aged 44

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Anton Chekhov
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
  10. Adolf Hitler
Abraham Lincoln and Anton Chekhov 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.