Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1830 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 21 when Emily Dickinson was born.

Emily Dickinson was 34 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

Emily Dickinson

American poet

Born 10 December 1830 · died 15 May 1886, aged 55

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