Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Émile Zola alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Émile Zola were alive at the same time for 25 years, from 1840 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 31 when Émile Zola was born.

Émile Zola was 25 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

Émile Zola

French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet

Born 2 April 1840 · died 29 September 1902, aged 62

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