Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Charlotte Brontë alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Charlotte Brontë were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1816 to 1855.

Abraham Lincoln was 7 when Charlotte Brontë was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 46 when Charlotte Brontë died, aged 38.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

Charlotte Brontë

British novelist and poet

Born 21 April 1816 · died 31 March 1855, aged 38

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Charlotte Brontë
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Abraham Lincoln and Charlotte Brontë 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.