Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Edvard Grieg alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Edvard Grieg were alive at the same time for 21 years, from 1843 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 34 when Edvard Grieg was born.

Edvard Grieg was 21 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

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer and pianist

Born 15 June 1843 · died 4 September 1907, aged 64

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