Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Charles Dickens alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Charles Dickens were alive at the same time for 53 years, from 1812 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 2 when Charles Dickens was born.

Charles Dickens was 53 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

Charles Dickens

English novelist and social critic

Born 7 February 1812 · died 9 June 1870, aged 58

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Charles Dickens
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Dickens 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.