Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson were alive at the same time for 32 years, from 1832 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 23 when Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was born.

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was 32 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

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Norwegian writer

Born 8 December 1832 · died 26 April 1910, aged 77

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